Re: [opensuse] NFS problems due to dynamic ip's
Mohamed Haidar wrote:
I would like to know how to go about configing NFS with dynamic IP. I have three computers at home and all are connected to the a switch witch in turn is connected to the internet provider. The problem is that my ISP assigns Ip's dynamically. All my computers have linux on them. Thx in advance for any help you guys.
What i would like to do is to have a network at home with shared folders. I asked around and people suggested NFS. I have three linux computers with openSuse 10.2 on them. My isp hands me three separate IP's witch are dynamic. All the computers is connected to the same switch. Now I can't say I have read all the man and info pages but i have read a bunch of them including some online howtos. The general idea seams to be that the IP's should be static witch is a luxury i dont have. I could go with the hostname method mentioned above but I need some explination and some guidelines. I'm not using yast for this, im managing the conf-files manualy. I dont thing that getting the NFS service going is a problem, either server or client, its just that I don't know how to handle the dynamic IP issue. Very great full over the advise guys. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Mohamed Haidar wrote:
I would like to know how to go about configing NFS with dynamic IP. I have three computers at home and all are connected to the a switch witch in turn is connected to the internet provider. The problem is that my ISP assigns Ip's dynamically. All my computers have linux on them. Thx in advance for any help you guys.
What i would like to do is to have a network at home with shared folders. I asked around and people suggested NFS. I have three linux computers with openSuse 10.2 on them. My isp hands me three separate IP's witch are dynamic. All the computers is connected to the same switch. Now I can't say I have read all the man and info pages but i have read a bunch of them including some online howtos. The general idea seams to be that the IP's should be static witch is a luxury i dont have. I could go with the hostname method mentioned above but I need some explination and some guidelines. I'm not using yast for this, im managing the conf-files manualy. I dont thing that getting the NFS service going is a problem, either server or client, its just that I don't know how to handle the dynamic IP issue. Very great full over the advise guys.
_________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ Hi, I would tackle this as follows: Either buy a cheap router-box that connects to your ISP and gets one (of your three) addresses. This box will work internally as your DNS and DHCP server for your (then) private internal network. If you with you can also use static addresse in your private lan. So you will not have issues with NFS. Please also take into consideration that using NFS
Mohamed Haidar wrote: directly connected to the Internet imho is a security risk that I would never ever dare to bear. Or you buy another ethernet card for one of your computers and make this computer the router for your internal network. This is simple to do with yast or manually. Anything else can then handled internally, either by dhcp/dns or static addressing, just like having a cheap standalone router as mentioned before.. kind regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Mohamed Haidar wrote:
Mohamed Haidar wrote:
I would like to know how to go about configing NFS with dynamic IP. I have three computers at home and all are connected to the a switch witch in turn is connected to the internet provider. The problem is that my ISP assigns Ip's dynamically. All my computers have linux on them. Thx in advance for any help you guys.
What i would like to do is to have a network at home with shared folders. I asked around and people suggested NFS. I have three linux computers with openSuse 10.2 on them. My isp hands me three separate IP's witch are dynamic. All the computers is connected to the same switch. Now I can't say I have read all the man and info pages but i have read a bunch of them including some online howtos. The general idea seams to be that the IP's should be static witch is a luxury i dont have. I could go with the hostname method mentioned above but I need some explination and some guidelines. I'm not using yast for this, im managing the conf-files manualy. I dont thing that getting the NFS service going is a problem, either server or client, its just that I don't know how to handle the dynamic IP issue. Very great full over the advise guys.
Make sure you're not sharing your computers to the internet. You can get a dynamic DNS service, which will follow your IP address. You can also run a script in Linux, whenever the IP changes. There is provision for this in the DHCP client. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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