Hi All,

I have set up a friends computer running RH8 and we would like to be able to access each others systems to share data. I use a dial-up connection and she has a cable connection, accessing her system is easy as her ip rarely changes, but my ip on the other hand is dynamic. Is there a way we can set up a connection between the 2 systems ( eyes firmly closed, begin stabbing in the dark ). For instance how can my friend find my system online, when as soon as I log off and then back on again my ip changes... I know this one is a long shot as I have no idea where to start.

Also my ip always starts with either 81. or 213.. How would I set this up in the hosts.allow file on my friends system


lub0

Can you ping your friend's PC by it's host name and visa versa? If so you can connect using that instead of IP addresses.

Example:
When I connect to the internet (dialup), I can ping my machine but using my login name and my ISP's DNS name. So if I ping myPC.domain.com, I get a reply. I can also type http://myPC.domain.com and view the webpages on my PC.

So you could ssh myPC.domain.com or ftp:myPC.domain.com. I don't know if all ISP's add there users names or not. I tried this with my dad's PC and it did not work.

You could also use something like dyndns.org and forward the request to the PC's. If your ISP offers free webspace, you could put the files on a share and share them that way too.

Thanks, I will give the host name thing a go tonight...


lub0