On Sunday 04 June 2006 17:06, Kin Wong wrote: > My ISP is changing my static ips again. I am running IPCop with two > static IP facing outwards and a couple of public servers (web server and > email - yes I know it could be done on one server or even one static ip > - just haven't got around to it yet) on the inside. > > I need to change the static ips which is a simple enough process in > IPCop, but how do I do it without loosing public access. I can change > these values on the IPCop box and then changed the A-records and > MX-records. As it takes a while for the latter two changes to take > effect, I believe I would loose some access or communiction. > > Would it be better to install a second IPCop box on the same network set > to the new static IPs and change the A-records and MX-records. Then it > would not matter if the dns records have not propagated, communication > and access will still be there. However the internal address of the > second IPCop box must not conflict and the DHCP server needs to disabled. > > After a couple of days, the first IPCop box can be eliminated. > > Am I on the right track or way out in left field?
Add an Alias for the RED interface, with the new IP address. Then make your DNS changes. Once your changes have taken place, traffic will still be handled via the interface. You then have the option of "fixing" this by running setup again from the IPCop box's command prompt. No second box, or reinstall needed.... Shawn _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
