Tony Mountifield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered the following thing: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Samy Antoun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It really depends on what kind of load that cpu is > > > going to have. There's no > > > technical problems with doing the above. Except I > > > don't see the point with > > > having a dhcp server, unless you are an ISP. > > > > Steve, > > > > Thank you for the valuable advice, I'll do exactly > > what you are suggesting, No DHCP > > I find DHCP on my LAN extremely useful for both my and visiting laptops. > Any machine that will be using my LAN regularly gets a static entry in > /etc/dhcpd.conf so it will always get the same IP address. It also gets > an entry in my local DNS. > > That would address Steve's concerns regarding traceability. >
Agreed - I used to NOT have dhcp, but found it tedious when I had guest machines and the like. For (semi) permanent machines, use a static entry in dhcpd.conf so they retain the same IP address. And have a small separate address range so that guest machines can be easily connected and identified as guests. > Regarding the original question, yes, I very successfully use a Linux > box (Athlon XP2400) as Router (USB ADSL modem), firewall, mail server, > news server, DHCP server, DNS server (for LAN) and Asterisk server. Just like me :) I'm running an Athlon 1800+ with similar functions, including an X100P for PSTN access and have no issues at all. The benefit of running * on the gateway is that you can easily log your softphones in when on the move without weird hole punching. BB _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
