WRT54GSV4 with fixed ip and dhcp

I have a WRT54GSV4 using both wired and wireless access. My situtation is I use hardware that communicate with fixed IP but the rest of my home is really more convenient to use DHCP. I set the machine to use DHCP with the IP consistent with me fixed hardware and made sure the defined IPs are withing the range but would not be assigned by DHCP. Everything works great but for VPN. I can use VPN on the DHCP machines but the defined IP machines error out and will not connect. i've looked on line but I have not found anyone with this configuration.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, SteveB

the PC that recieve the IP from the DHCP also get DNS addresses......have u assigned static DNS for the PC's with static IP's ?

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I/O ports at c000 [size=8]
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Memory behind bridge: fe000000-febfffff
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00:0f.0 Audio device: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Azalia Audio Controller
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1203
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Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
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Expansion ROM at fde80000 [disabled] [size=512K]
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I'm trying to decouple the zonename from the system name and get DNS registrations working. After installation, a DHCP client can get its hostname from DNS but I'm trying to do it the other way around. I want the DHCP client specify its own hostname, get an address from the DHCP server and then register its hostname with DNS. If the system gets its name from DNS/DHCP then I have to configure those to provide the system name and I don't own the DHCP/DNS infrastructure. These zones are for a development/QA environment, so we create and reconfigure these frequently. Hence the need to specify the system name within the zone and register that name in the DNS.
I have tried fiddling with the PARAM_REQUEST_LIST but it does not seem to be working as I expect. :-$ Removing 12 did not help with setting the hostname from the system. DNS does not have a registered name for this system anyway, so even if it tried to get a name for this system, it would get nothing.
I also do want the DHCP to change the DNS server and domain name, but this does not happen even though my dhcpagent includes 6 and 15 in the PARAM_REQUEST_LIST. I still have to set them in the sysidcfg file because it is always ignored in Solaris (S10u8 with 10_Recommended 30-Jul-2010)
As stated, I know I can hack around with the system after it has booted. But I'm trying to configure the system before it starts and let it take care of itself and not have to touch it. Frankly I'm surprised that the sysidcfg does not allow you to set a hostname name when you are using DHCP, that the default DHCP configuration does not register the system name with the DNS server, and the DNS config from the DHCP response is ignored. Even a sys-unconfiged system requires DNS configuration during initial boot, when I know that the DHCP response contains DNS information.
FYI: Windows systems using DHCP work as expected in this respect by default, i.e. set system name, use DHCP --> system gets address from corporate DHCP, DNS settings are set from DHCP information, DNS registration is made for system name.
I'm working around this at the moment... I call my zone by the system name I want, I hardcode the DNS settings in the sysidcfg file and I create the hostname.+nic+ and dhcp.+nic+ files in the zone storage to get the system to register its name with DNS, them boot.
Edited by: cydonian on Aug 19, 2010 7:45 PM

WRT54GSV4 with fixed ip and dhcp

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