RE: [rhn-users] Server Problems - Please Help

["Hattie Rouge" <redhat netgods us>]

I wouldn't use dynamic DHCP addresses on servers.  You can use static
addresses or static DHCP addresses, depends where you want to make your
changes and how much money/effort you feel like putting into avoiding
DHCP single points of failure.


Dana Bourgeois


> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhn-users-admin redhat com 
> [mailto:rhn-users-admin redhat com] On Behalf Of Dmitriy Martynov
> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 10:11 AM
> To: rhn-users redhat com
> Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Server Problems - Please Help
> 
> 
> No this is not a bug. The IP adress does not depend on the 
> slot of the router the device is plugged in. Heck, I have a 
> netgear router with 4 ports but I have 8 computers connected 
> to it via other switches and my IPs are 192.168.0.100 - 
> 192.168.0.108. I would actually recommend you assign your 
> server a static IP, that way you won't have everything 
> getting messed up everytime your DHCP decides to change the 
> IPs of the devices around.
> 
> Again - IPs are assigned to devices (meaning network cards) 
> not router ports.
> 
> Hope this helped.
> 
> 
> Joelle Stringer said:
> > I  just figured out th problem.  Many of you mentioned that 
> it sounds 
> > like  port redirecin problem.
> >
> >  I had all the ports pointing to the appropriate my 192.1698.0.4 
> > because it is pluged into the 4th spot.  This is the way I 
> have always done it.
> > However when the        power went out,it rename the fourth port to
> > 192.168.0.2.  I didn't notice this renaming until I found t DHCP 
> > table.
> >
> > So even though it has been plugged into the forth slot and 
> it is being
> > forwarded to 192.168.0.4, that        slot has been rename 
> by the DHCP
> > able to  192.168.0.2.
> >
> > Is this a bug in the netgear router?  Has anyone heard of 
> this before.
> >
> > Thanks soooo much for everyone's help.
> >
> > Joele
> >
> >>>> bretm redhat com 06/28/03 05:47 AM >>>
> > On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Joelle Stringer wrote:
> >
> >> This is what I get..
> >> [joelle titan joelle]$ /sbin/service httpd status
> >> httpd (pid 1018 1017 1016 1015 1011 1010 1009 1008 926) is 
> running... 
> >> [joelle titan joelle]$ [joelle titan joelle]$ /sbin/service sshd 
> >> status sshd (pid 789) is running...
> >
> > Looks like those are both up and running fine... I'd guess 
> it was your 
> > routing or firewall setup.
> >
> > Make sure the output of:
> >
> > /sbin/iptables --list
> >
> > looks sane.
> >
> > --Bret
> >
> >
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> Peace,
> --Dmitriy
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