From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 19 20:35:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9CD1065670 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:35:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.1.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1D428FC1B for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:35:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailbackend.panix.com (mailbackend.panix.com [166.84.1.89]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8827138E41 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:35:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from teddy.fas.com (c-76-26-200-187.hsd1.sc.comcast.net [76.26.200.187]) by mailbackend.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55E202D880 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:35:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Mp6eQ-0002nF-00 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:35:22 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:35:22 -0400 From: stan To: Free BSD Questions list Message-ID: <20090919203522.GA10656@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Free BSD Questions list References: <20090919200603.GA10036@teddy.fas.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090919200603.GA10036@teddy.fas.com> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 16:32:41 up 49 days, 21:34, 2 users, load average: 0.28, 0.17, 0.08 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Subject: Re: Microsoft "Dynamic DNS" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:35:24 -0000 On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 04:06:03PM -0400, stan wrote: > I have a situation at work, where I need a FreeBSD machine to be in the > corporate DNS. We have been bought out, and the new owner says "no static > DNS entries". They use some Microsoft technogly where the client machiens > register thier names with the corprate DNS. > > My Windows laptop for instance, may get different IP addresses using DHCP > depending on what physical location I connect it in. but it's always the > same DNS name. > > Can anyone sugest where to look for information as to how this works, and > how I cna make my FreeBSD machine participate in this? > Following up to my own post. I have managed to get a wireshark capture of my Windows laptop doing a DHCP operation, including registering it's name with this DNS system. Can anyone tell me what I need to look for in this to better narow down how this is ebing done? -- One of the main causes of the fall of the roman empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.