14 Feb 16 14:30, you wrote to me:

 ML>> that's what i was asking about... if the address for your bbs box
 ML>> changes... apparently it can... that's why i mentioned that you
 ML>> should run it as static

 DS> Well, I am going through DuoCirle (formerly DYNDNS), so I have a
 DS> dynamic IP address.

that's fine but that's also your WAN (aka external) address... i've been
asking about your BBS machine's /internal/ LAN address and if it might
change... IIRC, you did state in another post in some echo of the few this
conversation is taking place in, that there is the possibility that that
address can change from 192.168.0.2_or_whatever_it_is to 192.168
0.something_else and that you have gotten to where you check it all the time
when starting everything back up... i've pointed out two ways for you to
prevent this change from happening... pseudo-static assignment in DHCP on the
router or fully static on the BBS machine itself...

 DS> As long as the BBS is online (no threat of thunderstorms, and both the
 DS> power and internet are on), going to wx1der.dyndns.org will get them
 DS> to the BBS.

yes, i think many of us are aware of what static domain name services provide
for those of us on dynamic IP connections :wink: :wink:

)\/(ark

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