From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 13 18:37:41 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D8D4312 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:37:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from moku60.aloha50.net (moku60.aloha50.net [66.180.132.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCEE62995 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:37:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by moku60.aloha50.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 415C31703E; Fri, 13 Sep 2013 08:28:14 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <5233593D.8000202@hdk5.net> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 08:28:13 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eugene Subject: Re: Network Question References: <4A153F286DBA437B8096FC7F8FCF582D@geniepc2011> In-Reply-To: <4A153F286DBA437B8096FC7F8FCF582D@geniepc2011> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Daniel Nang X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: noc@hdk5.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:37:41 -0000 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 > 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 > > which results in > > ssh: Could not resolve hostname 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 > wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Daniel Nang >> 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 --- Router --- 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 > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol