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In comp.protocols.tcp-ip,ba.internet,  <kitchin@intersurf.com> wrote...

> I think I recall reading that Internic used to assign an IP
> along with a domain name.  

	Nope, not true.

> So if you changed providers you kept your IP??

	That sometimes happened, but it wasn't based on the domain name.

	Basic definitions that might help:

	Dialup using a "static" IP address means that you've got the same
	address whenever you dial in -- it's assigned to the customer.

	Dialup using a "dynamic" IP address means that you may get a
	different IP address each time you connect; it's assigned to the
	modem port, or some newer hardware just grabs the next address
	from a "pool" of free addresses assigned to dialup.

	That doesn't really have anything to do with the beginning of
	this thread, however, where we were talking about web servers.

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