Re: [cobalt-users] Re: RaQ4 using static IP through DHCP server?

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, David Thacker wrote:

> > The problem here is you have no guarentee they won't change, just the fact
> > they want to assign them via dhcp hints they may occasionally decide to
> > rearrange their network...
> 
> There is no guarantee that true static IPs won't change either, as they did
> within the last 2 weeks on my colocated server...

True, everyone seems to be at the whims of their upstream these days ;0

> 
> > And you will have annoying problems,,,like not being able to run dns on
> > the machine (at least, not easily), and a certain vagueness about
> > authenticating by IP address...
> 
> I cannot see any reason why I couldn't run DNS on the backup server, just as
> on any other server.  Like I said, the IP address is 'fixed' (obtained

You can run a slave, The problem here is you have to register the IP of
the nameserver , if your IP gets changes it's a royal pita ;) You want at
least *some* guarentee that it won't change without notice...(at least a
little, everything breaks when that happens )

> Thanks for the tip.  That was the same conclusion I came to.  Looks to me
> like /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.master (on my RaQ3) is
> already set up for DHCP, so I'll just need to make a few changes in the ifup
> & ifdown scripts, then cp ifcfg-eth0.master overtop of ifcfg-eth0.  Since

Very few changes from stock redhat there, ya.

gsh