On Dec 24, 2007 12:04 AM, Enrique José Hernández Blasco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > El dom, 23-12-2007 a las 10:33 -0800, Paul Bartell escribió: > > Hello. > > Im working on getting ebox set up as the main gateway for my house. Im > > getting sort of puzzled witht he gateway setup. I plan on having my > > DSL modem pluged into eth0 and then the rest of the network on eth1. > > Im getting stuck at configuring the gateway, because it seems to want > > a static ip address, which i dont have. I am probably missing > > something, so could someone please point out what i am doing wrong. > > Hi Paul, > > Cannot your DSL modem be configured to give eBox the always same IP > address? So, the eBox external address will have a fixed IP address. > Once you set up the static interface, you may setup the default gateway. > > Best regards, >
No. My isp only allows fetching ip addresses via DHCP. The IP changes every few months, and to get a fixed ip address, its another $99 a month. Since i am not the one paying for the internet access, switching isp's is not an option. I am thinking that ebox wants the public ip address here. Is this a wrong assumption? > _______________________________________________ > Ebox-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.warp.es/mailman/listinfo/ebox-user > -- "If you are savvy and smart about the choices you make in life, The sky is not the limit!" Mark Shuttleworth Random quote of the week/month/whenever i get to updating it: " hate compasses i like can't use them. they don't stay straight, and i end up looking like an emo by the time i'm done, it stabs me so much" - Jasmine Lee -- "If you are savvy and smart about the choices you make in life, The sky is not the limit!" Mark Shuttleworth Random quote of the week/month/whenever i get to updating it: " hate compasses i like can't use them. they don't stay straight, and i end up looking like an emo by the time i'm done, it stabs me so much" - Jasmine Lee _______________________________________________ Ebox-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.warp.es/mailman/listinfo/ebox-user
