verizon dsl dynamic ip address (was Lightband Communications)

[David Chase <http://www.world.std.com/~chase>]

At 11:54 AM 9/26/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >  From: David Chase (http://www.world.std.com/~chase)
> >  Newsgroups: ne.internet.services
> >  Date: 2001-08-21 13:14:12 PST 
> > 
> > Roy McMorran wrote:
> > > Why not just use Verizon's
> > > DSL product?  Because I need static IPs.
> > > 
> > > Any feedback or alternative suggestions are welcomed.  Thanks!
> > 
> > I have heard from a friend that dyndns (Dynamic DNS) combined
> > with Verizon DSL can work well enough.  I don't have direct
> > experience with this, but I've been tempted.
> > 
> > David Chase
>
>Do you happen to know how long the IP address hangs around?

Well, my connection's been up for 5 days, so that's one possibility.
I ended up going with TZO.com for my dynamic DNS, because dyndns
never called back, and the rates are comparable.

I've had one problem, which is that because my IP address has
two names (pool-verizon.whatever, and dr2chase.org), some of the
mailers I connect to don't seem to see me as a first-class mail-sender.
I don't know if it is two names, or if they get one name from
reverse DNS, and then the claimed name is different, or what, but
some of them reject mail from my machine as a "relay" (which it
isn't -- my mailer is relay-proof, I checked).

In addition, Verizon is blocking port 80, at least temporarily,
allegedly to prevent Code Red and Nimda infection (and I suspect
that this is essentially a reasonable decision on their part, even
though it reduces the value of the connection).

David


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