Jonathan McDowell wrote:
On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 03:08:47PM +0100, Ian bell wrote:
Tim Green wrote:
On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 14:06:21 +0100, Ian bell ianbell@ukfsn.org wrote:
Tim Green wrote:
On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:30:23 +0100, Ian bell ianbell@ukfsn.org wrote:
I am with ukfsn.org. No connection problems, no freebie wires only, excllent Linux support and they have just dropped their prices. Not to mention their direct financial support of GNU/Linux.
Hmm, they only seem to offer dynamic IP or a block of 8 (6 usable?)
Is that a problem?
I feel I only need 1 static IP address. Why would I need more for home use?
Depends. I don't know why do you need a static address at all.
It can be handy for connecting to your machine remotely or playing about with internet accessible services on it - eg hosting your own mail or website.
The remote access is the one I had missed. Hard to do without a static IP.
With dialup dynamic IPs make more sense as in general there are less dial in ports than users, but broadband is treated by many more people as always on, so you don't reduce your IP address usage by using dynamic addressing.
I think the jury is still out on that one. ISTR Jason Clifford who operates ukfsn.org saying he was surprised how many ADSL users still switch off their PCs every day (I know I do for one).
Ian