On 2019 Jun 14 17:10:14, you wrote to me:

 ml>> it was perfectly stable... stayed online with the same IP for weeks...

 BF>    So, what part of:

 BF>> Since I got a new IP every time I reconnected -- and often even when
 BF>> I *was* connected -- I never could use it for any kind of server
 BF>> functions (such as binkd), only for outgoing traffic.

 BF>    ... did you not understand?

that's from a different message than i responded to just now... i understood it 
perfectly as my connection was the same... new IP for each connection...

my comment, above, was to your statement that my setup/connection did not seem 
stable to you... here it is again just so you and others can follow along 
clearly...

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

 BF> Doesn't seem very stable to me.

it was perfectly stable... stayed online with the same IP for weeks...
[/quote]

i'll give you props for the nice try at attempting to confuse the postings and 
what they state at certain points of the conversation...

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it 
wrong...
... Nothing like a bribe to get things rolling.
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