MN700, Linux and Hostname

Hi all,

I've been using the MN700 router for quite a while without any problems.
But now I need some help. I had to put a Linux (Debian) machine on my
network and I can't get the router to register its hostname. Does anyone
has any tip I could use?

I know MS doesn't support Linux but I was wondering if someone here could
help me out.

Thanks in advance.




MP

Have Debian working here. There are two ways to set debian:
either assign a static IP (e.g. 192.168.2.2), or enable
DHCP client on Linux (it should grab an IP from the
router). Notice the MN700 subnet is 192.168.2.x, which is
different from the default settings in the debian
installation (the MN700 subnet can be changed in the router).

Here's some of my configuration (I use a static IP):

- etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.2.2 debian.mydomain.com
.../..

- etc/host
debian

- etc/network/interfaces
.../..
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.2.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.2.0
broadcast 192.168.2.255
gateway 192.168.2.1

If you want to run a server on the debian box with access
from the Internet (e.g. DNS, email, or web), you need to
set port forwards on the MN700 (use a persistent port
forwarding to the linux box static IP). Remember that
loopback is not working in the MN700, and thus you cannot
access the servers using the WAN IP from LAN clients.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi all,
>
>I've been using the MN700 router for quite a while without
any problems.
>But now I need some help. I had to put a Linux (Debian)
machine on my
>network and I can't get the router to register its
hostname. Does anyone
>has any tip I could use?
>
>I know MS doesn't support Linux but I was wondering if
someone here could
>help me out.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>.
>

wow. Thx a lot!!!

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> Have Debian working here. There are two ways to set debian:
> either assign a static IP (e.g. 192.168.2.2), or enable
> DHCP client on Linux (it should grab an IP from the
> router). Notice the MN700 subnet is 192.168.2.x, which is
> different from the default settings in the debian
> installation (the MN700 subnet can be changed in the router).
>
> Here's some of my configuration (I use a static IP):
>
> - etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 192.168.2.2 debian.mydomain.com
> ../..
>
> - etc/host
> debian
>
> - etc/network/interfaces
> ../..
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.2.2
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 192.168.2.0
> broadcast 192.168.2.255
> gateway 192.168.2.1
>
> If you want to run a server on the debian box with access
> from the Internet (e.g. DNS, email, or web), you need to
> set port forwards on the MN700 (use a persistent port
> forwarding to the linux box static IP). Remember that
> loopback is not working in the MN700, and thus you cannot
> access the servers using the WAN IP from LAN clients.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I've been using the MN700 router for quite a while without
> any problems.
> >But now I need some help. I had to put a Linux (Debian)
> machine on my
> >network and I can't get the router to register its
> hostname. Does anyone
> >has any tip I could use?
> >
> >I know MS doesn't support Linux but I was wondering if
> someone here could
> >help me out.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >.
> >