X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45FB2FA6.5090200@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:00:38 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Accessing remote PC (ssh?) References: <45F9B2DF DOT 1020703 AT bellsouth DOT net> <45F9CCD0 DOT 3060001 AT cygwin DOT com> <45FAEEA0 DOT 8090107 AT cygwin DOT com> <45FB2794 DOT 1050402 AT cygwin DOT com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Matthew Woehlke wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> Matthew Woehlke wrote: >>> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> Ok, Larry, I have to ask... does your $50 appliance really have a DNS >>> server in it too? >> >> No. But it will happen someday. ;-) But your question reminds me that >> I forgot to mention that the router should be set up to point to your >> ISP's DNS. But as I recall, I didn't have complete success with name >> resolution of local machines until I switched to using static DHCP IPs >> and adding the names and IPs to my /etc/host files. It's really the >> best way to go if one's router supports it. > > That's what I thought. I find it unlikely that your ISP allows you to > register with their DNS. :-) They've had no complaints in the last 8 years that I've been using them. But as I believe I've mentioned before, I think this line of inquiry is getting pretty off the OP's topic so I believe it's best to drop it. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/