Network Question

[Al Plant]

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 at hdk5.net 
> <mailto:noc at 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 at freebsd.org
>         <mailto:freebsd-questions at 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 at machine2.example.com
>         <mailto:user at 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 at gmail.com <mailto:amvandemore at gmail.com>>wrote:
> 
>             On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Daniel Nang
>             <daniel.nang01 at gmail.com
>             <mailto:daniel.nang01 at 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
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>     "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
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   < email: noc at hdk5.net >
"All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol