Re: Dynamic vs. Static IP -Internet Connection/File sharing
- From: "N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:15:58 -0700
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:46:04 -0700, Guido22 wrote:
> I have a number of PCs on a small peer-to-peer network. Each PC has a static
> IP so that I can share resources over the network.
>
> However, I have been keen to share an internet connection with some of these
> PCs but if I remove the static IPs (as the Windows help files suggest) and
> dynamically allocate IPs to each of these clients - will I still be able to
> share resources over the network? When are these IPs allocated (when each
> node connects to the network?)
It should not matter whether the IP addresses are assigned dynamically, or
whether they are static. Windows file sharing is based on the NetBIOS names
of the computers, and the network handles the process of locating shared
resources with ARP broadcasts. Or something like that.
> My firewall has each of the static IP addresses defined presuming the IPs
> are dynamically assigned in ascending order I can stipulate a range of IPs
> for which the firewall sees as trusted nodes...???
Is it a firewall, or a router; they aren't quite the same thing. It is not
a function of a firewall to manage IP addresses.
> One further thing, not all of these PCs should be able to use the Internet
> connection - how do I prevent users from using this connection when it is
> shared on the host computer short of removing all shortcuts to IE etc. on the
> clinet PC???
OIC. You have one computer set up as an ICS gateway. That computer is,
functionally, a router. I don't know how I would do it with an ICS gateway
computer. I know how I would do it with a router.
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