Re: Need help to connect to ISP!

Ed Carp, KHIJOL SysAdmin (erc@dal1820.computek.net)
Wed, 31 Jan 1996 07:25:38 -0600 (CST)

> You Mumbled some Crazy Plan about "Need help to connect to ISP!":
>
> >But since my internet provider only gave me one dynamic adresse,
> >all respons gets stopped on mercury.
>
>
> Get -3- STATIC IP #s from your ISP.
>
> With only 1 dynamic IP, you can't do anything with what you are trying to
> accomplish.
> You need 3 IP #s for this.

Why is that? You only need one static IP - any number of sites can hide
behind you. See the SOCKS documentation for details. You don't need to
turn on that silly IP masquerading, either.

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