Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 20:10:12 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Static IP Addresses Message-ID: <a17539ee-4a02-a442-2def-7100b7c599a9@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <5ADA2DB6-BD27-4AB1-861F-EA70C9174ACD@lafn.org> References: <1789B172-648A-418C-838E-94377EDC1C18@mail.sermon-archive.info> <5c8f65ba-7d76-ccea-28f5-0d9cb7af9300@holgerdanske.com> <5ADA2DB6-BD27-4AB1-861F-EA70C9174ACD@lafn.org>
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On 10/08/17 12:15, Doug Hardie wrote:
>> On Oct 8, 2017, at 11:02, David Christensen
>>
>>> On 10/08/17 01:37, Doug Hardie wrote: I have a remote backup
>>> machine that is on a dynamic IP address allocation. The address
>>> doesn't seem to change very often. However, after a few days
>>> from a boot, the static aliases on the LAN vanish. Since I only
>>> have very infrequent access to it I can't say for sure what
>>> happened. The logs seem to indicate that the interface went
>>> down and then came back up. However, some of the static aliases
>>> were gone. This is a bit of a guess as to when it happened. I
>>> have dhclient.conf set with entries like: alias { interface
>>> "bge0"; fixed-address 192.168.0.205; option subnet-mask
>>> 255.255.255.255; } I understood from the man pages that was the
>>> way to have dhclient add in the static addresses if it changed
>>> anything. Is there something more that I should have done?
>>
>> When building a computer, I normally have the installer create the
>> DHCP client stuff and then I create fixed leases on the DHCP
>> server.
>
> Neat approach. However, in this case, it would raise the cost of
> the internet connection and since its not mine, I don’t have that
> luxury.
Please reply to list.
Please configure your mail client to not include e-mail addresses.
I have a SOHO LAN and my connection to the Internet is via a modem/
firewall/ router appliance provided by telephone company (AT&T). The
firewall/ router functions are fairly limited, and I wonder about its
security. So, I put a second NIC into an old computer run a pfSense:
https://www.pfsense.org/
pfSense rocks. :-)
David
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