Hello there,

configuration:

-a Linux proxy server with 2 NICs
-NIC 1 is attached to a DSL router and gets its IP address from the router
-NIC 2 gets a static IP address and is attached to a switch
-10 clients are attached to the switch

Q: do I need to give all the clients static IP addresses manually or does
the switch provide for them?

Cheers,

Robin

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I'm not aware of any switches that issue IP addresses. So, you will need to
either:

a) Give all the clients static IP addresses manually (with appropriate
netmask and gateway address)

or

b) Set up a DHCP server on the Linux box to distribute IP address
configurations to each of the clients upon request.


Option A is simpler to implement, but option B offers greater flexibility
in the long run.


Greg

QuDE <warp@os2.com> wrote in
news:pan.2004.07.14.15.43.39.574562@os2.com:

> Hello there,
>
> configuration:
>
> -a Linux proxy server with 2 NICs
> -NIC 1 is attached to a DSL router and gets its IP address from the
> router -NIC 2 gets a static IP address and is attached to a switch
> -10 clients are attached to the switch
>
> Q: do I need to give all the clients static IP addresses manually or
> does the switch provide for them?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Robin
>
>
>

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Only if it has a dhcp server.

its called a switcher.

You could use a dhcp-parser/relay. so the the other machines get
their ip's from the same place as the router(switcher). Not dhcp-client
or dhcp-server, but a relay of the same as you server.
QuDE wrote:

> Hello there,
>
> configuration:
>
> -a Linux proxy server with 2 NICs
> -NIC 1 is attached to a DSL router and gets its IP address from the router
> -NIC 2 gets a static IP address and is attached to a switch
> -10 clients are attached to the switch
>
> Q: do I need to give all the clients static IP addresses manually or does
> the switch provide for them?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Robin
>
>

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