[NCLUG] Cable Modem Refugees

[Frank Whiteley]

> Under @home, the DHCP client ID was also used to provide dynamic DNS
> to your dynamic IP. Thus cXXXXXX-a.ftclns1.co.home.com would get you
> to your machine no matter what the IP address had changed into. You
> could use port mapping to set up web services, FTP, VNC, X-windows,
> etc. to different machines if you have those services on a machine
> other than your router or gateway machine. Hopefully it will all work
> pretty much the same under attbi or whatever.
>
Doesn't sound like it.  You'll be getting less, or paying more.
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Frank Whiteley