[1809] in linux-net channel archive
Re: dynamic ips..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Carp, KHIJOL SysAdmin)
Sat Feb 3 00:52:42 1996
From: "Ed Carp, KHIJOL SysAdmin" <erc@dal1820.computek.net>
To: tfries@umr.edu (Todd Fries)
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:56:49 -0600 (CST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199601311701.LAA13775@dialup-pkr-1-15.network.umr.edu> from "Todd Fries" at Jan 31, 96 11:00:58 am
Reply-To: ecarp@netcom.com
> Is it possible to somehow 'inform' a remote machine that we are now on a new
> ip address, so that any connections that were open at the time we got
> disconnected would resume?
Unfortunately, no.
> I have a feeling this is not possible at present....and anything along these
> lines would obviously have to have a secure way of identifying specific
> machines.
I used to have a dynamic IP address until my ISP switched me over. What
I used to do was, as soon as the connection was back up, send email to
certain people who needed to have 24-hour-a-day access to the box, and
tell them my new IP address. It's slow, but it works.
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