servers [T20000919006H] (fwd)

[Jonathan Arnold]

> Mediaone (4 years). Last year they changed their policy such that they
> would issue you a host name based on your MAC address. Previously
> your host name was based on your email address. Those of us who
> wanted to keep our host names were permitted to do so.

The hostname based on MAC address is merely the default name. It is a little
known fact that you can have *any* hostname (in front of the .ne.mediaone.net)
that you want. They'll let you change it once for free.

Check out Jihad's page for DNS providers to map to your (possibly) changing
IP address:

http://dns.highsynth.com/


Check out Tim Higgins' page for all the info you could possibly want dealing with
home networking:

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/

(sorry if this is a near duplicate - sometimes I hit ctrl-enter when typing too fast
in Netscape Messenger....)

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