Joe, You can use both port forwarding and DHCP on those routers in some cases. I simply have my mail server pick up the first DHCP address before the other machines using DHCP are attached, so it always has the first one in the series, which gets smtp and pop3 forwarded to it. Since it's on 24x7 it camps on that address and never looses it. I give a static address below the DHCP range to my web server so that it will always get port 80 and my laptop and other machines can pick up any remaining DHCP address. You could probably even extend this to multiple machines by attaching them to the net in a known order if they stay on 24x7. In fact, some DHCP servers will hold an unused address for a while and reassign to the same client when it comes back on line--I found this to be the case with the server in Win2K within a period of 2-3 days on a net of 20-30 machines. Don't know about Linksys, tho.
Regards, Jim Eshelman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Linksys router issues [forwarded submission from a non-member address -- rjk] From: Joe Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 13:11:17 -0500 Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Linksys router issues CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mikey Deruki wrote: > > > More disclosure, I am using DHCP but am thinking about disabling it since > its only 4 machines. and I am using the same firmware I bought it with last > october(2000). I haven't seen this problem, although I run DHCP from my linux box, not the router because the route wouldn't do DHCP and port forwarding together. Go figure. I love the linsys port forwarding and DMZ feature. That rocks. I agree with Elaine. After years of making my own firewalls out of junk, I'm really pleased with these DSL firewall/routers. -- ---------------- Joe Johnston - http://aliensaliensaliens.com "Only presidents, editors and people with tapeworms ought to have the right to use *we*." -Mark Twain
