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<DIV>Does anybody know where I can apply for a high speed internet with static IP address? I want to build a DNS server with redhat linux 8.0.</DIV>
<DIV>I am pretty new in this area.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks!!</DIV>
<DIV>Louie<BR><BR><B><I>Robert Brockway <robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Lennart Sorensen wrote:<BR><BR>> > I'd like to be able to determine which of these have taken place. Do you<BR>> > know what tests can be carried out to determine if the cable or DSL<BR>> > modem is in operation if i have the (hopefully) the current IP address<BR>> > of the modem ?<BR>><BR>> The modem does generally not have an IP, it just acts as a bridge<BR>> device. So no there is no way to test for that at least not remotely.<BR><BR>This is true, but the presence of the Internet link itself implies that<BR>the cable/adsl modem is up[1]. So I would say the answer to the question<BR>is "ping"[2].<BR><BR>[1] Assuming a static address. If it is dynamic someone else might have<BR>grabbed it if your site is down.<BR><BR>[2] Unless the or
iginal poster really wants to try to detect the presence<BR>of the modem without an IP bei
ng
allocated on the interface.<BR><BR>Rob<BR><BR>-- <BR>Robert Brockway B.Sc. email: robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org, rbrockway-cFo9iiqjkw8eIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org<BR>Linux counter project ID #16440 (http://counter.li.org)<BR>"The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens" -Baha'u'llah<BR>--<BR>The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org<BR>TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns<BR>How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Post your free ad now! <a href="http://ca.personals.yahoo.com/"><b>Yahoo! Canada Personals</b></a><br>