On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 08:03:21AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > On 4/29/07, Gloria Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 19:25 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > >> > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 02:35:03PM -0400, Gloria Brown wrote: > >> > > > I installed Etch on a stand-alone workstation which is the sole > >host on > >> > > > a local network and has Internet access through a hardware > >firewall. > > > >> > > > In /etc/network/interfaces: > >> > > > auto eth1 > >> > > > allow-hotplug eth1 > >> > > > iface eth1 inet dhcp > >> > > > address 192.168.1.1 > >> > > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > >> > > > network 192.168.1.0 > >> > > > broadcast 192.168.1.255 > >> > > > > >> Why both dhcp _and_ static entries? > > > >Dunno ;-(. Years ago, when I set up the firewall, I needed to use dhcp > >in the interface, and for some reason I carried the pre-firewall > >addresses over. If I drop them, how do I define IP addresses on my local > >LAN should I add other local hosts to it? In otherwords, how do I define > >the 192.168.1.1 address for the local host if I remove these static > >addresses?
Shouldn't the dhcp server on the firewall box do that? Since I've never used dhcp or a hardware firewall box, I'm out of ideas. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
