On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 13:00 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 12:49 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 10:04 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 08:41 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 07:48 -0400, Alfred von Campe wrote: > > > > > On May 20, 2006, at 7:33, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > ><snip> > > > > The problem is ... if you have DHCP ... you need the name of the machine > > > in the same line, as your IP address changes > > > <snip sig> > > > *sigh* > I see that I really should have given a 2nd thought before hitting send. > All my nodes keep their nodenames ok. Even as IP changes. I can ref all > nodes by node name or IP equally well. Dig and nslookup act as expected. > > This is a result of taking advantage of the client's ability to keep its > nodename in the configuration and that overrides my IPCop nodename that > would be generated. So, I'll post in a few more moments what my configs > look like. > <snip sig stuff> Attached stuff from my setup. Hoping it saves aggravation for those uninterested and helps those interested. -- Bill -------------- next part -------------- Having studied docs available on the net extensively, I feel sure that using Dyndns fqacilities, smart local scripting, etc. I can convert to a visible presence on the net w/o trouble. This will have DNS, html server, etc. I've X'd out some values for security reasons # Workstation [root at wlmlfs08 network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:0X:X0:XX:XX:XX ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet DHCP_HOSTNAME=wlmlfs08 USERCTL=no PEERDNS=yes IPV6INIT=no # Server (under construction) [root at server01 network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-eth0 # Modified to add DHCP_HOSTNAME and on WLM. DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:0X:XX:XX:XX:XX ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet DHCP_HOSTNAME=Server01 USERCTL=no PEERDNS=yes IPV6INIT=no # Firewall # This one is the result of IPCop setup/configuration I think # Abbreviated some lines of no consequence or due to security # denoted by the last 2 chars being '.*', in regex fashion. root at HomeGroanFirewall:/var/ipcop # cat ethernet/settings CONFIG_TYPE=2 GREEN_DRIVER=e100 GREEN_DRIVER_OPTIONS= GREEN_DEV=eth0 GREEN_DISPLAYDRIVER=e100 GREEN_ADDRESS=192.168..* GREEN_NETMASK=255.255..* GREEN_NETADDRESS=192.168..* GREEN_BROADCAST=192.168..* ORANGE_DEV= BLUE_DEV= RED_DEV=eth1 RED_DRIVER=8139too RED_DRIVER_OPTIONS= RED_DISPLAYDRIVER=8139too RED_DHCP_HOSTNAME=HomeGroanFirewall RED_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0 RED_NETMASK=0.0.0.0 RED_TYPE=DHCP RED_NETADDRESS=0.0.0.0 RED_BROADCAST=255.255.255.255 DNS1= DNS2= DEFAULT_GATEWAY= # IIRC, the next file is a consequence of the immediately preceding. # Abbreviated some lines of no consequence or due to security # denoted by the last 2 chars being '.*', in regex fashion. root at HomeGroanFirewall:/var/ipcop # cat dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth1.info IPADDR=24..* NETMASK=255.255..* NETWORK=24..* BROADCAST=255..* GATEWAY=24..* HOSTNAME='HomeGroanFirewall' DOMAIN='triad.rr.com' DNS=24.25.5.150,24.25.5.149 DHCPSID=10..* DHCPGIADDR=10..* DHCPSIADDR=0.0.0.0 DHCPCHADDR=00:0X:0X:0X:XX:XX DHCPSHADDR=00:0X:X0:XX:XX:XX DHCPSNAME='' LEASETIME=3600 RENEWALTIME=1800 REBINDTIME=3150 INTERFACE='eth1' CLASSID='Linux 2.4.31 i586' CLIENTID=00:0X:0X:0X:CX:AX ###################################################################### Does it all work? ###################################################################### root at HomeGroanFirewall:~ # dnsdomainname HomeGroanNetworking root at HomeGroanFirewall:~ # hostname HomeGroanFirewall.HomeGroanNetworking root at HomeGroanFirewall:~ # ping -c 3 wlmlfs08 PING wlmlfs08.HomeGroanNetworking (192.168.X.XX): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.X.XX: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.865 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.X.XX: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.730 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.X.XX: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.724 ms --- wlmlfs08.HomeGroanNetworking ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.724/0.773/0.865/0.065 ms root at HomeGroanFirewall:~ # ping -c 3 192.168.X.XX PING 192.168.X.XX (192.168.X.XX): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.X.XX: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.772 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.X.XX: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.723 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.X.XX: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.719 ms --- 192.168.X.XX ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.719/0.738/0.772/0.024 ms [hardtolove at wlmlfs08 ~]$ dig server01 ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> server01 ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29817 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;server01. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: server01. 0 IN A 192.168.X.XX ;; Query time: 3 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.X.XX#53(192.168.X.XX) ;; WHEN: Sat May 20 13:35:17 2006 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 42 [hardtolove at wlmlfs08 ~]$ dig centos.org ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> centos.org ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 19527 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;centos.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: centos.org. 300 IN A 204.10.37.194 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: centos.org. 14400 IN NS ns2.centos.org. centos.org. 14400 IN NS ns2.uklinux.net. centos.org. 14400 IN NS ns.owlriver.com. centos.org. 14400 IN NS ns1.centos.org. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns.owlriver.com. 313196 IN A 66.195.224.112 ns1.centos.org. 32185 IN A 72.21.40.11 ns2.centos.org. 19808 IN A 131.211.85.43 ns2.uklinux.net. 164536 IN A 80.84.64.25 ;; Query time: 60 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.X.XX#53(192.168.X.XX) ;; WHEN: Sat May 20 13:35:27 2006 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 202 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060520/49bea59f/attachment-0004.sig>