Subject: Re: Newbie questions
From: Carolyn Jean Fairman (cfairman@Stanford.EDU)
Date: Fri Jun 15 2001 - 16:33:50 MDT
CF wrote:
> Does the text name not resolve since I don't own the domain the map to the IP
> address?
Paul wrote:
Who owns the domain is irrelevant. In your case, you don't have
a name at all.
> I am using Roaring Penguin's pppoe, so can I get the HOSTIP or something set
> to what IP they give me?
You want a name, not an IP. Changes are, you won't want the
name you get.
So do you mean I'll get some name like
gobbledygook@adsl-72.34.117.21.pacbell.net and this will be the HOST name on
my machine? I can't have it called stavia? Dang.
If I get a fixed IP from pacbell, which I'm considering, what can I do then?
> Second question is how to get ssh to work -- everything goes fine until I get
> allocated a local port and then it hangs.
Try just waiting like 2-3 minutes. The server is probably
trying to do reverse DNS on you and it can't since you're not
in reverse DNS. It will eventually time out.
- Paul
Hm, timed out as in not connected? :)
--Carolyn
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