Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:46:49 -0500 From: LoH <lordofhyphens@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Microsoft "Dynamic DNS" Message-ID: <4AB54339.8000406@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090919203522.GA10656@teddy.fas.com> References: <20090919200603.GA10036@teddy.fas.com> <20090919203522.GA10656@teddy.fas.com>
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stan wrote: > 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? > > Have you looked at dhclient.conf? There should be an option to send your client's host name available. --Joseph Lenox
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