I'm using Web Sharing on one of the Macs on our LAN to serve web pages. I have a SMC Barricade router set with an IP pool of xxx.2-xxx.40.
Currently I have the serving Mac set to use DHCP, and the router continues to assign it the same IP address. I've got questions... Will the router ALWAYS assign the same IP address to a node? None of the IP's for any of the machines on the LAN ever change even when the PC or Mac is rebooted. Web Sharing works fine when I point a browser to the IP address of the host Mac. However, I thought I understood that a web or email server should have a static IP address, one that is outside the range/pool that the router will manage with DHCP. So I switched TCP/IP to Manual and assigned the Mac the static xxx.45 IP address. When I did that, none of the computers on the LAN could find the web pages. I switched the host Mac back to DHCP in the TCP/IP control panel, the router again assigned the Mac the IP of xxx.37, and we can see the web pages again. What don't I understand? Am I correct in my understanding that a server on a LAN should have a static IP address? If so, why don't the other PC's see the web pages when pointing to that IP address? Doug Doug Hinschberger Administrative Services Manager Stroud's Auto Rebuild [EMAIL PROTECTED] (253) 474-0709 <http://www.stroudsautorebuild.com> -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
