Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:38:24 -0800 From: Steven Ringwald <asric@asric.com> To: Clint Olsen <clint.olsen@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting DHCP to 'update' DNS records locally Message-ID: <ECCFB550-BB44-461A-A990-F0DCC12DB6FF@asric.com> In-Reply-To: <20071129230900.GC10829@belle.0lsen.net> References: <20071129230900.GC10829@belle.0lsen.net>
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On Nov 29, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Clint Olsen wrote: > Apologies if this isn't the correct forum. I'd like to configure > DNS on my > home network but make it work simultaneously with DHCP. So, when > hosts are > plugged into the network and issued an IP, DNS is updated to reflect > the > hostnames. That way I can refer to all my machines by name in all > databases and I can avoid hardcoding IP addresses. I know Windows > allows > name-based recognition even in the instance you're using DHCP, but > I'd like > it to work more generally with any type of machine on the network. > > The problem is, when I search for terms related to this, I get hits > for > DynDNS and all that stuff which is /not/ what I want. I'm not > trying to > update a remote DNS record. This is just a local thing. > > If there's a lightweight DNS server that comes with a DHCP daemon, > that > would be fine too. I just need to know where to start. Try the following; it is for DHCP and BIND9... http://my-mili.eu/matt/docs/dynamic-dns-with-dhcp-and-bind-9/ Steve
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