On Wednesday 26 June 2002 01.02, Nick LeRoy wrote:
I doubt that this is what he really wants to do, however...
If you configure it like this, it *will* work, at least for a little while. However, as soon as his ISP gives him back a DHCP lease with a different address, the connection will be broken.
erm, no I don't think so. the 192.168.7.* addresses I'd be willing to bet a substantial amount of money are private to his lan. They are distributed by the dsl router, not his isp. The dsl router gets an ip from his ISP, but that's not important (or even relevant) here.
The other problem with this setup is that you're really openning yourself up to the outside world. Having an NFS server exposed to the world is certainly a security risk. Kinda like painting a target on your back.
If the dsl router does reverse natting then that would be a concern, yes.
What I'd *really* recommend is having 2 NICs in one (or, I suppose, both) of the computers.
OK, you didn't read the first message in the thread, did you?
Has anybody ever tried anything like this? I've long wondered how well it would work.
I'm running it now. What would you like to know? //Anders -- `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'