I ended up getting a new router with more static slots...
Kris Lou wrote at about 11:47:57 -0700 on Thursday, August 8, 2013:
> Question for Jeff:
>
> I know this is an old thread (and still in my archives!), but I'm wondering
> if this worked for you?
>
> I have a similar situation - I hav
Question for Jeff:
I know this is an old thread (and still in my archives!), but I'm wondering
if this worked for you?
I have a similar situation - I have a laptop that needs to be backed up. I
currently have it configured for wired backups, but the user more often
uses wifi (DMZ) and then VPN's
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
wrote:
> >
> > Also, do you plug the laptop in regularly anywhere else? Maybe you
> > could do a static assignment on the wired port but don't activate it
> > anywhere else - and then keep the DCHP assignment for the wifi
> > side.
>
> True
Les Mikesell wrote at about 17:57:27 -0600 on Monday, January 16, 2012:
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
> wrote:
>
> > > 1) Use a better (real) Firewall
> > >
> > > That would be, by *FAR*, the best solution. Other solutions:
> > >
> > > 2) Use a better (real)
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
wrote:
> > 1) Use a better (real) Firewall
> >
> > That would be, by *FAR*, the best solution. Other solutions:
> >
> > 2) Use a better (real) DNS server with client-update capabilities (See #1)
> > 3) Use a better (real) DHCP server (Se
Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote at about 17:00:45 -0500 on Monday, January 16, 2012:
> The laptops I back up have both a wired and wireless Ethernet
> connection with (different) MAC addresses.
>
> I use static DNS so that when the laptops are attached at home they
> are given a fixed (known) IP ad
Timothy J Massey wrote at about 17:26:43 -0500 on Monday, January 16, 2012:
> "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" wrote on 01/16/2012 05:00:45
> PM:
>
> > The problem is that my new Verizon router does not allow the same IP
> > address to be correlated with different MAC addresses.
> >
> > So now it s
"Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" wrote on 01/16/2012 05:00:45
PM:
> The problem is that my new Verizon router does not allow the same IP
> address to be correlated with different MAC addresses.
>
> So now it seems that I can only match the laptop name (used by
> BackupPC) against only one of the IP addres
The laptops I back up have both a wired and wireless Ethernet
connection with (different) MAC addresses.
I use static DNS so that when the laptops are attached at home they
are given a fixed (known) IP address so that BackupPC can find them
using my /etc/hosts file.
On my old D-Link router, I use
