Network Address Translation for NFS not happening!

Vincent_Vega · 01-09-2004, 04:31 PM

I'm trying to set up NFS to have access to one other computer through a router but unless I specify actual IP addresses it doesn't work. I'm using DHCP so that's not too practical. Is there some way to activate NAT so that computer names translate to proper IP addresses?

Thanks!

dubman · 01-09-2004, 04:52 PM

NAT is not what you need. You need a DNS entry for the NFS system.

Vincent_Vega · 01-09-2004, 06:22 PM

How do I do that? I'll look into it and thank you for your help but if you can post a procedure for that I would appreciate it.

dubman · 01-09-2004, 06:37 PM

Well there is a couple of ways. You could build your own DNS server which would dynamically update requesting systems to the "friendly" name. But since you don't know what DNS is, this is probably a daunting task.

An easier workaround would be through host files and system names. You can edit your /etc/hosts file and put an entry to map the IP address of a system to it's "friendly" name. You can change a system's "friendy" name by editing the /etc/sysconfig/network file and changeing the "HOSTNAME=" line.

Vincent_Vega · 01-09-2004, 06:57 PM

Well, I know what DNS is but I don't know how to build my own server. I'm into learning so I might try it though. As for the /etc/sysconfig/network file, I don't have it so I didn't edit it. I'm working fine by using the IP address and the addresses aren't changing too often so it's not a problem but I will look into the server. Can I make one of my two computers the server or would I need to have a third computer?
Thanks for your help!