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- From: spiercy@ix.netcom.com (UNREGISTERED VERSION)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: Need Help Reconfiguring Amiga for New ISP
- Date: 18 Feb 96 05:15:22 -500
- Organization: Netcom
- Message-ID: <1772.6622T315T1121@ix.netcom.com>
- References: <4g4f09$f7@news1.mnsinc.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-grn-sc2-09.ix.netcom.com
- X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Feb 18 8:51:36 PM PST 1996
- X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED*
-
- >I'm posting this message from my shell account because I'm experiencing a
- >major problem reconfiguring my system for a new provider and would like
- >any help that can be offered.
-
- >The current symptoms:
-
- >THOR will not "receive" news from the new carrier
- >THOR will not "receive" mail from the new carrier
-
- >Thanks in advance.
-
- >Swampthing
-
- This may not be your problem, but it's something I had to do some work-arounds
- about when I got my ISP, who is NETCOM...
-
- Netcom uses dynamic IP addresses. While my e-mail address is....
- "spiercy@ix.netcom.com"
-
- My Real Full IP address at this login is
- "spiercy@ix.GRN-SC-2.07.ix.netcom.com"
-
- The "ix.GRN-SC-2.07" is the dynamic alias port that the ISP provides during
- log-in. I Couldn't do anything at all over my TCP/IP network until I figured
- out this dandy little fact (a fact my ISP didn't tell me. They hawk there own
- DOS/WINDOWS software, so don't expect users to run into problems like this). I
- wrote an AREXX script in order to get me up & running, logged on to one of the
- AMINET mirrors using FTP, and downloaded a program called INTER_INSTALL, which
- was basically a series of scripts written for particular ISP's who use dynamic
- addressing. Now everything works painlessly for me...
-
- Since your'e able to post this message, it's possible that this is not your
- problem, but it's a MAYBE. Besides, I'm sure there are alot of "newbies" out
- there (me at the top of the heap) that could use this valuable tidbit....
-
- cya.........
-
- :-)
-
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