Hhhm,
299? Ip ranges never exceed 255.. and 0 and 255 are reserverd.. so you can only hand
out 1 to 254
Regards,
Koed
The Rosens wrote:
> I think I understand Bob's issue -because I have the same one. It appears that if
>you use DHCP
> exclusively, then you can't reference other network nodes *BY NAME* when using ping,
>telnet, etc. If you
> use DNS, then you have to hard code your hosts table (all be it, only in one place,
>on STN). If I am
> wrong - and you can use DHCP and ping other nodes via their node name, please let me
>know how.
>
> What I'm trying to do, is assign dedicated IP addresses to the more permanent nodes
>in my network, say
> in the range from 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.199, and let DHCP hand out addresses to
>the nomadic
> machines (read: laptops) in the rage from 192.168.0.200 to 192.168.0.299. Basically,
>I hard coded the
> -100 IP addresses into the DNS screen and tell the DHCP screen to hand out addresses
>from -200 to -299.
>
> Is this the right approach, or should I tell the DHCP screen to hand out addresses
>from -100 to -299
> and then simply hard code the resident machines into the DNS table.
>
> Thanks,
> ...steve...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Bob Selby wrote:
>
> > I've been using STN for a while now without problems, but have never use DHCP.
> >
> > I have never been able to ping any internal workstation from any other - by name.
> This hasnt been
> > a problem till recently since none of the machines run a server.
> >
> > However, I now want to set up a SAMBA file server and an APACHE web server (for
>internal use only)
> > plus a laptop and some extra workstations and really want to start using named
>TCP/IP services and
> > DHCP on various machines.
> >
> > On the STN box (Dialup using PPP) the DNS server is setup with the "Name Svr"
>field blank. DHCP
> > is enabled and the laptop can get an IP address OK (running a network trace on the
>network confirms
> > that DHCP supplies the IP address and figures out the name of the laptop)
> >
> > On another workstation (WIN95 static IP address (for now) GATEWAY ip is OK) I can
>ping external
> > services OK but I cant ping the laptop by name ..... :-( I can ping the
>laptop if I give the
> > IP address.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong ??? or am I expecting STN to do
>something it was not
> > designed for ???
> >
> > I'm fed up with maitaining LMHOST files and was hoping that the combo of DHCP and
>DNS would be the
> > answer to a maidens prayer.
> >
> > Rgds,
> > Bob
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