Jack Ungerleider wrote: > Why not make IPCop the name server for the local machines? The last time I > used it that was an option. > > Jack I'm sure that this is technically possible but it's not really the job of a firewall and that's why they don't include bind in the IPCop distro. At least that's my understanding from reading their FAQ. I have not been able to ssh into IPCop, I get "port 22: Connection refused". > > On Friday 24 September 2004 03:45 pm, rbentz at dunwoody.edu wrote: > >>How about setting up a Name server? BIND or Windoze has recursive >>ability, which means you point your client to the local name server for >>resolution and then point your name server to IPCop. The name server >>will resolve local names and use the IPCop machine as root hint to >>resolve others. >>The downside is incoming queries, from outside or the red network. I'm >>not sure how that would be setup. >>--OR-- >>Setup a hosts file with all the names and periodically copy it down to >>the clients. >> >>I am assuming that you are simply trying to get name resolution to work, >>correct? >> >>--Rob >> >> >>>DHCP works better if I DON'T assign MAC addresses to IPs. >>> >>>Charlie O wrote: >>> >>>>Rick, >>>> >>>>I'm pretty sure that what you need to do, is associate specific mac >>>>addresses with specific ip addresses for ipcop to make the >> >>connection. >> >> >>>>Since IPCop is doing DHCP ( ie, assigning IP addresses), you can't >>>>guarantee that each machine will always get the same IP. You need >>>>static IP assignment for those machines, to associate them with a >> >>host >> >> >>>>name. >>>><CUT> >>>>Charlie Obert >>>> >>>>On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:37:30 -0500, Rick Meyerhoff >> >><rick at eworld3.net> >> >>>wrote: >>> >>>>>I am trying to get my IPCop box working. It is doing DHCP but it >> >>does >> >> >>>>>not seem to be getting the host names from the machines on my >> >>network. >> >><CUT> >> >>>>>Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff >>> >>>-- >>>Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff >> >>_______________________________________________ >>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >>Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >>tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list