I'm a server-newbie with a decent handle on *nix commands and structure, but I'm branching from PC tech work into possibly setting up small business networks using Business DSL lines, while converting companies away from MS products (well, at least Office).
I signed up for dynamic DNS service for myself, with
www.dyndns.org... I see a ton of info in these forums about DNS2go, but my problem is more with e-smith in general, and setup of a server behind a NAT firewall/router.
My network is on an aDSL residential line, with a Netgear RT314 gateway router set up to be a DHCP server to a mixed bag of client PCs (OS X, Win2K, WinXPPro, Mandrake 8.1). As such, I ran setup on my e-smith box as Server Only, thinking that the NAT "firewall" and DHCP server should continue to be provided by the Netgear. Reasoning? Well, the router will not crash, not have a hard drive failure, not require backups... I'm showing uptime of 392 days on this thing right now! A 500VA battery backup with that little router can keep running for a day versus about 25 minutes with the e-smith server and no monitor...
Of course, setting up the server as "Server Only" totally blew by any options for setting up a Dynamic DNS service.
Would I be better off NOT using the Netgear for DHCP services and firewall?
Aside from this problem, I'm finding much to like about this distribution! Great manual, easy install, perfect device detection (funny, it did better than RedHat 7.2 did!), and the price is right, though I'd probably sell a client on the supported version from Mytel. After I get through this problem, it's on to tackle TWIG installation...
Thanks for any help you may have for me.
Dan
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