Hello, Like others, I'm sorting out these iptables using tutorials from Rusty Russsel and Oskar Andresson. I have a simple single-user workstation MDK 8.1 system that uses DSL and DHCP. Most scripts deal with a solid IP address for internet use, and it would be nice to build on these scripts if I could gather the assigned IP address from the DHCP assignment. Is there a way to do this?
Not to complicate matters, but I am connected (along with my wife) to a LinkSys Etherfast router for the DSL, so we can both use this service. I see that the router assigns a consistant address of 192.168.1.100 for me, and *.101 for my wife. Not being a guru like most of the people here, would a standard script work if I inserted this 192.168.1.100 address instead of trying to determine the address otherwise? The way I understand the router, is that whatever IP the server assigns, is stored by the router, and then the router distributes the packets to whomever they belong to at either the *.100 or *.101 address, depending on who sent them. Could someone explain this a little? Thanks, Robert
