ml> really???

   Yes. Really. To quote Michiel:

   "For a server you need a stable routable public IP address."

 ml> i've always done that as long as i've had a public IP
 ml> address... it was a simply matter of updating my DDNS entry and that was
 ml> done by running a tool that stayed in the background and handled the
 ml> updates automatically... yes, i ran servers on my dialup... most of the
 ml> time, the new IP spread through the network within minutes... no problem
 ml> and it worked quite well...

   Doesn't seem very stable to me. I guess we have different demands on our 
servers? YMMV


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