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> I know some do a static IP, which is nice, but a "Dynamic DNS" where a ISPs tend to charge for static IPs, at a relatively high cost, presumably they'd charge for the service you are proposing :( > I noticed a lot of routers have dynamic dns dialogs to configure > horrible nagware sites like dyn and no-ip. But why isn't it more > mainstream than that? I've never had a problem with dyndns, it's always just worked, no nagging at all. > What I would like to do is have my laptop at laptop.dabase.com at all > times and whenever I wanted to show you something, I could launch my > httpd and say checkout http://laptop.dabase.com/foobar But that wouldn't work under your suggestion, unless you never moved your laptop outside your one ISP, what you're describing is just what dyndns offer. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq