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Article #415Re: Force dynamic IP change using pppd -PS
From: Tom Bird
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 00:00
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In article <8fa0i8$tb3$1@phoenix.fire>, Peter Chant <pete@petezilla.co.uk> writes >In article <0d21f8.np1.ln@anacon.demon.co.uk>, > Mark Evans <mpe@anacon.demon.co.uk> writes: >> >> Indeed it would probably only be useable with something like Demon's set >> up. Where the only MX records point to the ISP's machines. There would >> be less risk of confusion if the dymanic DNS and the MX machines are >> sat on the same piece of ethernet. > >What are the advantages for an ISP in providing dynamic IP's? Does it >mean they give customers addresses from the private network address range >and masquerade, or do they just allocate dynamically a small pool of IP >numbers? Just think how many IP's Freeserve would need if it offered every subscriber a fixed number... TB Busby the Cat 1984 - 22.9.1999
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac57,355806e218e206a9 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac57,public From: Tom Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Force dynamic IP change using pppd -PS Date: 2000/05/11 Message-ID: <bcfPsUAySuG5EwOT@btinternet.com> X-Deja-AN: 622245667 References: <8e9sv2$533$1@gxsn.com> <390890CE.A8F3240D@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk> <8ea6aj$oqe$1@gxsn.com> <3909EA4A.3A2E580C@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk> <8ecv0e$t88$1@gxsn.com> <390AEFC0.95819F85@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk> <8evlcu$tf8$1@phoenix.fire> <slrn8h7oue.ppr.tim@leaphome.pelican.org> <0d21f8.np1.ln@anacon.demon.co.uk> <8fa0i8$tb3$1@phoenix.fire> Organization: Tom's TeamServer Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: Tom Bird <tombird@btinternet.com> Newsgroups: demon.tech.unix