Re: dynamic ips..

Ed Carp, KHIJOL SysAdmin (erc@dal1820.computek.net)
Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:56:49 -0600 (CST)


> 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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