From what Verizon says I have a dynamic ip. Thanks it did clear up a
few things.
steve wrote:
>On Sunday 23 March 2003 22:56, Maureen L. Thomas wrote:
>
>
>>This is a really dumb question but - do I have to use DNS to use
>>my DSL. I have been connecting but occasionally it will just go
>>down and I have to reconfigure everything in Linuxconfig and
>>reboot to get it back. I'm using Mandrake 9.0 with Verizon DSL.
>>This is all new to me so be patient. I tried RoaringPenguin's
>>PPPOE but it doesn't work and Linuxconfig keeps giving me an
>>error message for it. But the directions for RP PPPOE mentions
>>setting up DNS and I was under the impression that I only needed
>>it if I was set up as a server, which I'm not. I am a little
>>confused on the server issue as you can tell. Your help is
>>greatly appreciated. Maureen
>>
>>
>
>The function of DNS is to let you type in a name like www.linux.com
>and have it find the server. You see all addresses on the Internet
>are numeric. Like 64.236.24.20 which is cnn.com's web address.
>
>Without DNS you would have to type in the IP address.
>
>Now you only tell your computer which DNS to use, you don't need to
>set up a DNS server to use the Internet.
>
>Technically the use of DNS has nothing to do with using DLS or cable
>or any other method of getting access to the internet. But as I
>point out above, without it the Internet becomes a pain to use.
>
>If you use DHCP (which automatically assign you a IP address, it
>also automatically assigns a DNS server for you to use. Only if you
>have a fixed IP (known as a static IP as it does not change) do you
>need to manually enter the DNS server IP.
>
>Hope this clears it up for you.
>
>
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