Re: which command can be used to show IP address

[Neil Dugan <debian@butterflystitches.com.au>]

Mike McCarty wrote:
> Serena Cantor wrote:
>
> > I use sarge.
> >
> > I have cable modem connection, use DHCP to config, Do
> > I have fixed IP? I plan to set up web site using it.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
>
>
> Almost surely you do not have a fixed IP address. If you
> want to host a web site, the usual way with this type of
> setup is to use disc space on your ISP's machine. Hosting
> your own website requires fixed IP, and that means that
> DHCP isn't necessary.
>
> Mike


You can set-up up a web-site anyway but you have to do a bit of 
configuring to do so.

1) you need to install ddclient
2) you need to get yourself an account on a DDNS provider (a lot are 
free) I use www.dyndns.org
3) configure ddclient to look at your modem and find out what your 
current IP address is, and send this to you DDNS provider
4) set-up web server.

Regards Neil.