On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 4:14 AM kj7omo--- via 44net 44net@mailman.ampr.org wrote:
Hey y'all! I wanna set up a DHCP server on my gateway to hand my 44.x.x.x IPs to my various ham radio devices and provide them with internet access, as well as direct access to the outside world, allowing them to be accessed remotely via the 44.x.x.x IPs, is this possible?
I don't see why you can't use a DHCP server locally, but there's a caveat in that, for the gateway at 44.0.0.1 to pass traffic, your addresses must have A (name) records in the ampr.org DNS domain. This implies that the addresses handed out by DHCP are going to be relatively static (unless, I guess, you register a bunch of names in DNS in advance).
BUT, if all you want is a central place to configure address information, then most DHCP servers can be configured to hand out static addresses to specific devices identified by MAC addresses.
- Dan C. (KZ2X)