On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:12:22 -0400 Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:36:53 -0500 > Michael Shuler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 04/17/2008 09:31 AM, Celejar wrote: > > > I find myself in a bizarre networking predicament. I need to have > > > a server (henceforth 'edith') accept incoming connections (e.g. ssh) > > > from the Internet. edith is behind a home gateway / router / switch > > > ( Trendware / Trendnet TEW-452BRP [0] - henceforth 'gwen'). gwen will > > > forward specific ports to specific private, internal IP addresses, but > > > bizarrely, it seems to provide no facility for ensuring that a specific > > > host will be assigned, via DHCP, a particular IP address. > > > > Not such a bizarre thing - I do this for several servers running behind > > a Debian router/firewall server for my home connection. I don't know > > about the particular router you are using, but if it does not allow > > MAC->IP mapping, I think assuming that it has no dynamic DHCP client is > > fair :P > > I don't quite follow you here. What's a dynamic DHCP client? gwen has > both a DHCP server for the LAN, as well as a client for getting its own > external IP address from the ISP. Can you elaborate? [Michael clarified:] >> bleh.. s/DHCP/DNS/ I meant dynamic DNS there.. gwen actually does have a dynamic DNS client, with support for DynDNS, No-IP and EasyDNS, but I am still using ddclient on edith. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
