Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:57:05 -1000 From: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: Daniel Nang <daniel.nang01@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network Question Message-ID: <523513F1.8040900@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <CAOtnnwsTMEshv_7hVJN08WEBF4HhZuEVcUsAJ0BoV%2BX7-8XR7g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOtnnwvU=n55PtRpw6KWwt9uEMqHj=3PJu3KBimAde0EW39rjg@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BtpaK24iobh5RzJ_JZ_3HO1U-3tcnTOkfNRNaDHUQtAtaw8bA@mail.gmail.com> <CAOtnnwv991=o-vqwJ4tqWXs6PuTwod49vNOsKLJfLwEk%2B18yow@mail.gmail.com> <4A153F286DBA437B8096FC7F8FCF582D@geniepc2011> <5233593D.8000202@hdk5.net> <CAOtnnwsTMEshv_7hVJN08WEBF4HhZuEVcUsAJ0BoV%2BX7-8XR7g@mail.gmail.com>
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Daniel Nang wrote: > Aloha, > > Sounds like an interesting setup. Do you have one machine acting as a > gateway? > > > On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net > <mailto:noc@hdk5.net>> wrote: > > Eugene wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > The easiest way is to check the LAN Config (or similar) page of > the router. They usually allow one to specify fixed IP and > hostname for the DHCP clients based on the MAC addresses. > > Best wishes > Eugene > > -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Nang > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:16 PM > To: Adam Vande More > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Subject: Re: Network Question > > That was easier than I thought. My initial approach already looked > something like > this, except that for the ip address I always put the machine's > name as in: > > machine1# ssh user@machine2.example.com > <mailto:user@machine2.example.com> > > which results in > > ssh: Could not resolve hostname machine2.example.com > <http://machine2.example.com>: hostname nor servname > provided, or not known > > I think the problem here lies with the /etc/hosts file where > machine1 and > machine2 have > to be registered respectively. The thing here is that the ip > isn't static > which makes > this approach somewhat difficult to realize. > > Got it. > > Thanks. > > > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 2:51 AM, Adam Vande More > <amvandemore@gmail.com <mailto:amvandemore@gmail.com>>wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Daniel Nang > <daniel.nang01@gmail.com > <mailto:daniel.nang01@gmail.com>>__wrote: > > Hello, > > I have two computers, both running FreeBSD, accessing the > web via DHCP from the router. The setup looks like this: > > > Internet > | > | > | > machine1.example.com <http://machine1.example.com>; --- > Router --- machine.2.example.com > <http://machine.2.example.com>; > - DHCP - > - DHCP - > > > Both computers can access the internet with no problems. > So far so good... > > My question is, if I can simultaneously have the > computers access > the net as in the given picture and also let them > communicate with > each other e.g. via ssh? > > > > machine1# ssh `ip of machine2` > > > -- > Adam Vande More > > _________________________________________________ > ######### > > > Aloha, > > For many years I have 8 Freebsd boxes behind a PF firewall on a > static labeled lan. Only one public address feeds the lan. All the > boxes can work the internet and can ssh. > > I found that easier than dhcp. > > :) > > ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 > + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + > + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + > < email: noc@hdk5.net <mailto:noc@hdk5.net> > > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol > > Aloha, I have a gateway separate on an old box running a Freesco floppy disk. I have many old boxes here and they still work. A couple can run Up to FreeBSD 10. No gui needed as they are for firewall and servers and the like. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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