>>>>> "JE" == James Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JE> You can use both port forwarding and DHCP on those routers in some JE> cases. I simply have my mail server pick up the first DHCP JE> address before the other machines using DHCP are attached, so it JE> always has the first one in the series, which gets smtp and pop3 JE> forwarded to it. Since it's on 24x7 it camps on that address and JE> never looses it. I give a static address below the DHCP range to JE> my web server so that it will always get port 80 and my laptop and JE> other machines can pick up any remaining DHCP address. You could JE> probably even extend this to multiple machines by attaching them JE> to the net in a known order if they stay on 24x7. In fact, some JE> DHCP servers will hold an unused address for a while and reassign JE> to the same client when it comes back on line--I found this to be JE> the case with the server in Win2K within a period of 2-3 days on a JE> net of 20-30 machines. Don't know about Linksys, tho. the problem of using dhcp inside a NAT net is that it is hard then to connect from one machine to another. you can't rely on the fact that machines may get the name ip next time. there is no direct map from the dhcp server to a local dns/yp/other server as names of the machines are not stored in the dhcp server. dhcp is best for client only machines. i have a laptop that i use on and off my NAT net and it gets a static address here and dhcp when i connect elsewhere. i need the static address so i can login to it, etc. i also have a linksys and like it well. in fact i have a partly dead one for sale. its power block died and i can't get an replacement as it had an odd connector. some dealers may be able to get one but i needed it replaced ASAP so i bought a new one. if anyone wants to buy it cheap, let me know. this is the 4 port 100bt switched model. its firmware can (and should) be upgraded. they list for around $125 or so. make me an offer. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com -- Stem is an Open Source Network Development Toolkit and Application Suite - ----- Stem and Perl Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding ---- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org
