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From: James Taylor on 22 Feb 2010 05:17 Jim wrote: > James Taylor wrote: > >> What happened to the public IP that you previously claimed was allocated >> to wotan's dc0 interface via DHCP? Do you still uphold that claim? > > That was due to me misconfiguring the Business Hub. It was answering the > DHCP request from wotan by giving it the WAN IP instead of the private > 192.168.2.2 IP. Ah, so are you saying that the whole idea of passing the public IP to wotan via DHCP (magically relayed, proxied, or otherwise passed up to the ISP) was all a big red herring and we can relax in the knowledge that the world does work as we thought after all? -- James Taylor
From: Jim on 22 Feb 2010 07:25 James Taylor <usenet(a)oakseed.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > Ah, so are you saying that the whole idea of passing the public IP to > wotan via DHCP (magically relayed, proxied, or otherwise passed up to > the ISP) was all a big red herring and we can relax in the knowledge > that the world does work as we thought after all? I think so, yes. I think I muddied the waters when I claimed that the DHCP request was being passed upstream, which it wasn't - it was just the router passing on the WAN IP instead. Ho hum. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: James Taylor on 22 Feb 2010 08:45 Jim wrote: > James Taylor wrote: > >> Ah, so are you saying [...] we can relax in the knowledge >> that the world does work as we thought after all? > > I think so, yes. Phew! ;-) -- James Taylor
From: Gareth John on 22 Feb 2010 10:29
James Taylor <usenet(a)oakseed.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > Jim wrote: > > > James Taylor wrote: > > > >> Ah, so are you saying [...] we can relax in the knowledge > >> that the world does work as we thought after all? > > > > I think so, yes. > > Phew! ;-) But do not relax your vigilance... -- From Gareth John Please pull out the plug if you want to reply by email |