thanks!
i have the numeric ip. it's the rest i guess i need to do.
ok, tho ... look out, here comes another bonehead Q! i swear i remember
being asked to supply the name -- or even domain name -- of my system
when i did the Debian installation/setup. would it have been ok at that
point to have named my machine "joe_bltsflk" or "HAL" or just plain
"localhost" if i had no intention of running a webserver or having "my
own" email address?
perhaps that question can simply be ignored during setup. or can domain
names in that sense be self-assigned - that is if they have no
relevance outside the particular machine? it doesn't sound right ...
i apologize for continuing to rattle at such a low level. it is helping,
believe it or not. thank you!
g
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At 11:07am on Fri, 9 Feb 2001, George Wright wrote:
> glennbecker.net will have to hook up w/a "real" ip address if you
> want to use it outside of your own lan.
>
> First you need an isp to assign you a static ip address, then you
> can register glennbecker.net and have that name point to the ip
> address assigned to you by the isp.
>
> Once it's registered it may take a few days to proliferate to the
> various DNS's, but you'll be in business.
>
> No expert here, but HTH, George
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glenn Becker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:01 AM
> > To: Debian Users List
> > Subject: Re: domain setup & email/DSL:followup
> >
> >
> >
> > ok,
> >
> > i'm feeling a bit silly for having mailed the list on this
> > topic ... but i
> > guess i'd be worse off if i just remained blissfully
> > ignorant, right? :-)
> >
> > i must risk further embarrassment or learn nothin.'
> >
> > very simply: if i *choose* a domain name -- glennbecker.net
> > is available,
> > i find -- and register it, then change the name of my system,
> > that should
> > solve most of if not all the problems - am i right?
> >
> > it was in retrospect NOT logical in any way for me to have named this
> > machine "debian.atomcam.com" since atomcam.com is registered
> > to my wife
> > and the actual MACHINE(S) hosting that domain are in no way
> > anywhere near
> > me but are in fact warped.net machines.
> >
> > someone just tell me whether i'm getting warmer or colder ...
> >
> > thx
> >
> > g
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> > At 9:54am on Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Glenn Becker wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > I'm wondering if I made an error when I initially set up my
> > > machine.
> > >
> > > My wife runs a webcam site at www.atomcam.com. The site is
> > hosted by a
> > > company called warped, and our DSL service is provided by another
> > > company (the whole DSL thing is something I know v. little -- in a
> > > technical sense -- about). We have a cluster of 5 static
> > IPs and I use one
> > > of them, the other four being for the cams, some of which
> > have their own
> > > internal IP addresses.
> > >
> > > When I set up my Debian box, I named it debian.atomcam.com,
> > which seemed
> > > logical at the time. I have since changed the numeric IP
> > (we switched DSL
> > > providers when it turned out the former one had NOT BEEN
> > PAYING THEIR
> > > BILLS to Covad ...) but have kept the debian.atomcam.com name.
> > >
> > > My networking-totally-ignorant question is: can I just
> > "take" this name
> > > like this and assign it to my machine and "expect" things to
> > > work? Telnetting out (and *in* from outside when I use
> > numeric IP) works
> > > fine, as do surfing, etc. But I have been trying to set up
> > email -- I
> > > supposedly have a POP account with warped, for one -- and
> > having no luck.
> > >
> > > I don't expect the list to hold my hand and teach me
> > networking, but if
> > > anyone can point me toward a good set of documents, I'd be
> > > grateful. If nothing else it sort of frightens me that this machine
> > > may be a sitting duck, security wise. And I hate being ignorant! :0)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Glenn
> > >
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