 
|
Account Manager
|
|||
 |
|
|||
| Excerpt From Linux Network Administrator's Guide
2nd Edition Published by O'Reilly & Associates, June 2000 ................ Some PPP servers that handle a lot of client sites assign addresses dynamically; addresses are assigned to systems only when calling in and are reclaimed after they have logged off again. This allows the number of IP addresses required to be limited to the number of dialup lines. While limitation is convenient for managers of the PPP dialup server, it is often less convenient for users who are dialing in. We discussed the way that hostnames are mapped to IP addresses by use of a database in Chapter 6. In order for people to connect to your host, they must know your IP address or the hostname associated with it. If you are a user of a PPP service that assigns you an IP address dynamically, this knowledge is difficult without providing some means of allowing the DNS database to be updated after you are assigned an IP address. Such systems do exist, but we won't cover them in detail here; instead, we will look at the more preferable approach, which involves you being able to use the same IP address each time you establish your network connection.[7] [7] More information on two dynamic host assignment mechanisms can be found at http://www.dynip.com/ and http://www.justlinux.com/dynamic_dns.html. ................. |
