On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:27:08 +0100 Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 March 2007 03:44, Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:58:57 +0100 > > > > Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Monday 19 March 2007 14:48, Celejar wrote: > > > > I don't, in general, know the IP address. I have a system on my LAN, > > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > > if it's on your LAN, why can't you just give a static internal IP address > > > ? If a DHCP server supplies certain dynamic information (name servers and > > > such), maybe it can be configured to map a MAC to an IP or something ? > > > > I do indeed have my router / dhcp server configured to assign a > > specific IP address to the system, (recognized by its MAC address), as > > you suggest. The problem is that I also access the same system over the > > internet via dynamic DNS, and the public IP address (actually, that of > > the router / gateway - I'm doing port forwarding) is not generally > > known. > > So why can't you access it directly ? Not sure what you mean. How can I access it directly from the internet without knowing the IP address or using the long dynamic DNS name? Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
