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  From: Alex Wallis <awol@prepaidonline.com.au>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 13:05:10 +1030

Re: [ADSL] The Broadband Battle

Adam Smith wrote:
> 
> I've always wanted to be able to directly host
> my own domain, so I can run my low traffic personal website and collect
> my own email etc.  But I can't do that efficiently, because I have a
> dynamic IP.  

Well I'm on a regular dialup and don't have my own domain, but I just
get one free from www.no-ip.org and run my own web server at
http://awol.no-ip.org. I also get my MX record setup there too, so I can
run my own mail server and mailing lists etc...

My isp has one of those busy killers that kicks me every 6 hours too,
but no-ip.org gives you a simple C program that you run just the once
and it auto-updates the dynamic IP everytime it changes. There are
plenty of other free Dyn Hosts around too. Google as always is your
friend.

I know it's not quite the same as a static IP and domain, but hey! It
works for me!  ;-P

HTH

Alex
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stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, *for
free*".'
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