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From: Robin Johnson <robbat2 AT home DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Static Ips
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Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 17:32:15 GMT
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The best I could recommend, would be to use an @Home service. Although they
say it's DHCP, I've only have 2 different IP the entire time i've been using it.

The other alternative is Dynamic DNS, as provided by BINDv9.

James W Sager Iii wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know of a net site hosting a server that will change your IP
> for a login, and provide you with that same IP each time you log in with
> no one else being capable of using it.  I'd really appreciate this.
> 
> Static Ips could be used as a basic server to make rudimentary(or quite
> industrius) non-server based net games.
> 
> Props to you guys that helped me find libsocket... I'm only a bajillion
> steps away from releasing non profit net games that are punches to
> corporations, but one more step would be cool.

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