David Bolt wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Donald D Henson wrote:-
One thing that looks wrong to me is the host configuration. There is no host name for IP address 127.0.0.1. I have host names for:
127.0.0.2 Earth-svr.site 127.0.0.3 Venus-ws.site 127.0.0.4 Marslaptop.site
From the names, I'm guessing that these are different systems. If so, you need to move them from 127.0.0.x addresses to another address block. Suitable addresses for local networks are the ranges:
10.0.0.1 to 10.255.255.254; 172.16.0.1 to 176.31.255.254; 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.254;
These addresses are specifically set aside for local networks and traffic to or from them shouldn't be passed on across the Internet. As for the 127.0.0.1 to 127.255.255.254 address block, all traffic to any address in that block is sent to the loop-back interface, and so never leaves the local system.
Regards, David Bolt
I had a reason for using the 127 addresses but I forget what it was. Shouldn't DHCP take care of all that? My DHCP server is set to assign IP addresses starting with 192.168.1.100 and a maximum of 27 addresses. (subnet mask 255.255.255.128) How does DHCP deal with host names? -- Don Henson