RE: [Leaf-user] vnc through lrp

[Dean Moreton]

Hey there thanks alot for your advice much appreciated. I understand most of what it is doing, but being a bit of a newbie just need a bit of clarification with what the dhcp bit is doing.   so this is entered into/edited in the /etc/dhcp.conf on my lrp box?   >dynamic-bootp-lease-length 604800; >max-lease-time 1209600; >subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { >    option routers 192.168.1.254; >    option domain-name "private.network"; >    option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.254; >    range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.100; The last bit, do i put in the mac address of the nic in the computer that i will be wanting to connect to via vnc? and inplace of host computername do i enter the name of the computer or is this irrelevent?   >host computername { >        hardware ethernet 00:40:f5:5f:2e:3e; >        fixed-address 192.168.1.1; >        }   Im comfortable with the rest of the info you gave me. In regards to the lrp box emailing me my dynamic ip so i know where to connect to from work, is there a problem with mail on some of the eigerstein distros? I have tried using it before, entering the appropriate settings in lrp.conf like you said but still get errors stating host unkown, maybe im missing something, but i can ping my smtp server, it resolves it etc but mail says its unknown. Just saw your comment about mail and thought id ask.   >The dynamic part you will have to solve with /etc/lrp.conf >lrp_MAIL_SERVER="mail.yourisp.com" >You may have to check if your version has grep fixed for >mailing from the lrp box.  See Charles' information.   Cheers Dean