RCN headache, on day 1

[dubrowin at bbn.com (Sheldon Dubrowin)]

Based on what I've seen and what the tech told me, the Hostname is based
on IP Address and not serial number of the modem.  I found www.tzo.com
who for $25 a year, has some software, that can do the dynamic addressing
for me.  Basically, they have a login script, (easy to run from
dhclient-exit-hooks) and a logout script (easy to add to rc.d/rc.6).
I figure with the money I'm saving a month, $25 a year is not a big deal
to have to pay another company for this simple service that M1X did for
you.  I just wanted to make sure everyone knew what they were getting into
if they were talking about getting RCN.

	Shel

On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 07:10:50PM -0400, Seth M. Landsman wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 04:38:27PM -0400, Sheldon Dubrowin wrote:
> > Just got off the phone with RCN tech support, if you want to run a server
> > and have your DNS updated somewhere, you have to set that up yourself.
> > RCN will not do that for you.  If I had known this before signing up I
> > would not have switched.  I'm not a happy camper.
> 
> 	RCN's hostnames are ugly, but static (based on your cable modem's
> serial #).  You don't get a pretty name, but it is static, so you can do a
> CNAME for it if you have a host.  register.com takes care of the DNS for
> the domain I registered from them, which makes this nice and trivial. 
> 	It is better than some places, which assign you a hostname based
> on your current IP address ...
> 
> 	I'm happily switching next week.  M1X has terrible tech support,
> keeps trying to screw me on the bill, has pathetic reliability and is at
> least 20$ a month more expensive than RCN.  I can't wait! :)
> 
> -Seth
> --
> "It is by will alone I set my mind in motion"

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