On Sunday 20 May 2007, Chris Buechler wrote:
> On 5/20/07, Hal Vaughan <hal at thresholddigital dot com> wrote:
> > My best guess is that I can set the DNS to always take a certain
> > address and redirect it to a specific system no matter what address
> > the DHCP has given that system?
>
> No, you would configure DHCP so it always gives that particular
> system the same IP.

Okay.  Gotcha.  As you can tell, I am not an expert at DNS stuff!

I am considering specifying static addresses for the firewall/gateway 
and DNS only.  Then when I have to use a tunnel from outside, have it 
go to the DNS computer which would forward it.  I might do that with 
the workstation instead.  I like the idea of only one system, 
preferably one without important data, being reachable from the outside 
and then being used as a relay.  I don't know if that makes much of a 
difference, though.

> > And since you're suggesting this, does that mean m0n0wall can't use
> > host names?
>
> That's correct.

Any particular reason for that?  (Just curious.)

Thanks!

Hal