[Gllug] DHCP & DNS

[itsbruce at uklinux.net]

On 12/6/01, 9:03:16 AM, Jonathan Dye 
<jonathan.dye at automationpartnership.com> wrote regarding [Gllug] DHCP & 
DNS:


> I would like to set up a range of DHCP addresses on my home network so 
that
> I can just plug my machine (and vistors) in and they'll get access 
without
> recnfiguring them.
> The problem I have is with DNS.  I would like to be able to have my
> machines keep there hostnames with diffrent ip addresses. So if I plug my
> laptop in and it gets ip 10.0.0.5 then when I do
> host laptop.mynetwork
> I want to get 10.0.0.5
> I would like this to work for windows boxes as well as linux if possible.
> Is there a way to do this or am is it just wishful thinking?

This is certainly possible.  BIND has done DDNS (Dynamic DNS) for a while 
now.  There's a Linux Magazine article about getting it working with a 
mixed Linux/Windows network: 
http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-03/bind_01.html

-- 

Bruce

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