Although I haven't tried DHCP for a firewall, You should be able to
'reserve' an IP address by MAC address for the firewall machine. This
will keep the IP address constant ...
Regards,
Gregory Hicks
> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 17:32:20 -0700
> From: Daniel Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Not that I have actually tried it with DHCP but you can license the machines
> based on host ID (at least I know this is possible with solaris).
>
> Daniel Harrison
> Security/Systems Admin.
> Loudcloud, Inc.
>
> Joe McLeod wrote:
>
> > We tried to do it once, but because Checkpoint FW1 licenses are tied to the
> > IP address, it would not function correctly.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kenneth Whitfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 9:48 PM
> >
> > > Wondering if anyone has ever configured a CheckPoint firewall to use a
> > > DHCP server to set the ip address of its external interface. If so,
> > > please enlightened!
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