[Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk Box as a Router, Firewall and DHCP Server

[Tony Mountifield]

In article <20050602052842.99615.qmail at web50108.mail.yahoo.com>,
Samy Antoun <samyantoun at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > It really depends on what kind of load that cpu is
> > going to have. There's no 
> > technical problems with doing the above. Except I
> > don't see the point with 
> > having a dhcp server, unless you are an ISP.
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Thank you for the valuable advice, I'll do exactly
> what you are suggesting, No DHCP

I find DHCP on my LAN extremely useful for both my and visiting laptops.
Any machine that will be using my LAN regularly gets a static entry in
/etc/dhcpd.conf so it will always get the same IP address. It also gets
an entry in my local DNS.

That would address Steve's concerns regarding traceability.

Regarding the original question, yes, I very successfully use a Linux
box (Athlon XP2400) as Router (USB ADSL modem), firewall, mail server,
news server, DHCP server, DNS server (for LAN) and Asterisk server.

Cheers
Tony
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