network admin, ip addresses for webserver

[Niles Rogoff]

Not mine, it depends on the router. It's most likely much easier to program
a masquerading NAT system without a resolver than it is to create one that
does allow hostnames. Most routers are limited to 1-2M of flash space
anyways, for both OS and configuration.

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 27 October 2014 20:35, Thufir <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why is important for a server to use static ip address instead of DHCP?
> > If it's behind a router, why not use that router's outward facing IP
> > address, and then the router will *route* to that hostname?
>
> Many (most?) routers require an IP address to be specified when
> setting up port forwarding, so the server needs a fixed ip address.
> Can your router take a host name instead?
>
> Colin
>
>
> >
> > Just in general.
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Thufir
> >
> >
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