Greetings, Check out http://www.dyndns.org! They provide dynamic DNS service free of charge. I recommend a the ddup-client from http://www.ddup.org. It's really easy to use, just set it up as a cron job.
Brooks > > hello. > > > > i have an ethernet card attatched to a DSL modem. > > > > i'll provide more hardware details, if requested, but for now > i'm just wondering > > if there's a quick way to setting-up the dynammic > ip-addressing. (preferrably: > > without having to go through the "DynIP howto" in order to get > a net-connection, > > though it is very neat that a person can learn about networking > by installing > > this system.) > > > > i've already tried to install debian, and need to re-check to > see if there are > > any "tulip" ethernet-card drives available in the standard > distribution, but > > figured i'd send this question for now. (hopefully to get > encouraged about > > giving it another shot)