[lug] DHCP?? was new to BLUG, Hello, @Home setup

[John Hernandez]

With @Home, you effectively get a static IP address, but no promises.  They do provide DNS resolution for C123456-A...home.com.  In the case that your IP changes, their forward and reverse DNS records would also need to changed (presumably via dynamic DNS update methods, which @Home may not have implemented).  Where DNS and home-computer.mydomain.com is concerned, I just use a CNAME record that points to C123456-A...home.com.  Done.  Easy, and all bases are covered.

Contractually, they could change your address anytime; they want the flexibility to re-address and not involve each and every customer, which makes sense to me.  Your contract doesn't include a static IP address.  Even if the installer had the best of intentions, in the (albeit unlikely) event of a change, both you and @Home are going to suffer.

John Starkey wrote:
> 
> > This saves the local admin (you) from ever having to worry about your
> > provider
> > changing their settings.
> 
> Once you're modem is locked in how are they gonna change anything? Blocking you
> from service is gonna throw them for a loop.
> 
> Just FYI, last I heard (and experienced), most upper-level tech support will
> put you on a static and leave you there if they can't help you solve the DHCP
> issue. Seems to me that a global change is gonna cost them a lot of $$ and
> phone calls. Hell, the guy that set my machine up just gave me a static. I told
> him what I needed it for  and he just went that way.
> 
> >
> > As for accessing your machine remotely, use a dynamic dns service.
> 
> With that comes the worry of having to rely on another couple servers and
> admins.
> 
> > Man, how I want that back. No cable connection, no myname.com.
> 
> I'm glad to hear a good review of the dynamic DNS though. Qworst won't be
> getting a call from me anytime soon. So if for some reason I need to move then
> it's nice to know there's an alternative.
> 
> Thanks for the info,
> 
> John
> 
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