[ale] Can't use public IP on local network

[David M Lemcoe Jr.]

Richard Bronosky wrote:
> The reason I ask is that you can have your DHCP clients tell [a
> decent] router what name they prefer and other hosts on the network
> can reach them via this name.
> http://www.google.com/search?q=dhcp+%2B%22send+host-name%22 Despite
> the fact that most people inquire about this for statically assigned
> DHCP -- It works just as well for automatic DHCP. (As in, for a dev
> box under your desk at your employer who refuses to grant you a static
> IP.)
>
> I see that you mention VirtualHosts. The weakness here is that each
> "machine" [interface/IP] can only be known by one name. Therefore,
> this does not help you with "name based virtual hosts" (VirtualHost
> *:80; ServerName myhost.mydomain) if you have multiple ServerNames
> that you would like to go to a single IP. For that you will need to
> use /etc/hosts (yuck!) or a caching DNS (several late nights to setup
> for mortals). However, since you are doing this via NAT... You have
> all the IP addresses you could ever need, right? You could give each
> ServerName its own virtual interface (eth0:1, eth0:2, etc.). Then have
> each virtual interface "send host-name" (see link above)
> appropriately. I just prefer to avoid maintaining /etc/hosts on
> multiple hosts.
>   
Thank you for the great information! I will be looking at what you said
about virtual interfaces.
> *I believe* that /etc/hosts is for name resolution that is unique the
> the client on which the /etc/hosts file resides (read: not common to
> the rest of the network). When you have a name resolution need that
> should apply to all/many clients, it should be maintained in some
> centralized manner. /me steps down from soapbox
>
> PS, Isn't it great to have a unique (read: available .com) lastname?
>
> .!# RichardBronosky #!.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:40 PM, David Lemcoe <forum at lemcoe.com> wrote:
>   
>> A terrible AT&T U-Verse router.
>>     
Just terrible :(
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