Accessing remote PC (ssh?)

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>>> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>>> Ok, Larry, I have to ask... does your $50 appliance really have a DNS 
>>> server in it too?
>>
>> No.  But it will happen someday. ;-)  But your question reminds me that
>> I forgot to mention that the router should be set up to point to your
>> ISP's DNS.  But as I recall, I didn't have complete success with name
>> resolution of local machines until I switched to using static DHCP IPs
>> and adding the names and IPs to my /etc/host files.  It's really the
>> best way to go if one's router supports it.
> 
> That's what I thought. I find it unlikely that your ISP allows you to 
> register with their DNS. :-)

They've had no complaints in the last 8 years that I've been using them.
But as I believe I've mentioned before, I think this line of inquiry is
getting pretty off the OP's topic so I believe it's best to drop it.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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