Have static IP, now what

[Michael Ault]

My DSL is a 2wire modem/router that allows you to pick
a single machine to be outside of the firewall. I
assume I would place the mail server/etc. there as you
have described doing.

Thanks.

Mike
--- Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 12:13:38PM -0800, Michael
> Ault wrote:
> > I have just recieved a static IP assignment from
> my
> > DSL provider. Now what do I do? I assume the DSL
> > router will get the static IP, how will my 7-8
> other
> > systems get theirs assigned?
> 
> I presume you got a single IP address.  You need to
> configure your DSL
> router to use that address on its out side instead
> of its previous
> DHCP setting.
> 
> > How will I attach to them from the outside?
> 
> Not sure how you were set up, but normally the in
> side of your DSL
> router is connected to a hub or switch, to which all
> your inside
> machines connect, and your LAN will continue to be
> served non-routable
> IP addresses by DHCP from your router, usually from
> the 192.168.1.0
> block.
> 
> > I assume one will have to be placed outside the
> > firewall as a "gatekeeper" to allow me to get in.
> 
> Not sure what you mean.  If the DSL router has no
> firewalling
> capabilities, you should put one between the DSL
> router and the
> internal network.  I have a simple DSL modem (no
> router function) so I
> have an old cast-off Linux box with three network
> cards (at least two
> required) that serves as my NAT/firewall/router. 
> One card goes to the
> DSL modem, one goes to my LAN hub, and one goes to
> my DMZ, a single
> machine running my mail and web servers.
> 
> Your router may assume an inside address of
> 192.168.1.1 or
> 192.168.1.254.  That will be the "gateway" address
> for the rest of
> your machines.
> 
> > Do I set up a DNS? RIght now I use DHCP with a set
> of
> > addresses assigned by the DSL router.
> 
> If your ISP didn't specify one or more DNS servers,
> you can probably
> use the same ones that were configured by DHCP.
> 
> > Any good links to a how-to site would be great.
> 
> http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/networking.html
> 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > Michael R. Ault
> > Senior Consultant
> > Burleson Oracle Consulting
> > 770-754-9057
> > www.ault.cc
> > www.remote-dba.com
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems,
> Inc.
> robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
> Worry is a waste of the imagination.
> 
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Michael R. Ault
Senior Consultant
Burleson Oracle Consulting
770-754-9057
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