On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:28:24AM -0600, linux guy wrote: > I have a number of servers on our local network. I have always set the IP > on my servers manually, ie disabled DHCP and assigned each one a unique > fixed IP. You really don't need to do that. Just use an IP mapping scheme, restrict the DHCP range, and manually assign static server addresses from a known range. > Is there a practical way to assign an IP to a server automatically, ie with > DHCP and still have other computers find it on the network and have services > like port forwarding, firewalls, etc. work properly in routers ? Well, yes, you can reserve addresses by MAC address, use DDNS with your DHCP server to update DNS, but why? Servers should always be effectively static; any scheme that assigns addresses to them increases complexity and the possibility of problems. $0.02. Cheers, -- Dave Ihnat dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
