From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 19 20:46:51 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 3D4EE1065676 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:46:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lordofhyphens@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f172.google.com (mail-yx0-f172.google.com [209.85.210.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAC898FC14 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:46:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe2 with SMTP id 2so2385480yxe.3 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:46:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bf1pcTOO2TeFSkumQAN7kpMoGBVmXPiiz8HfTVdKwAk=; b=Ic5ENZSVSaMIKCRiXEfNwTcRkSOp/qdGn+hv/YRs4d3onetk1SYYo5wcjulPPCun7Q iQeQebR66/9Jwkl83x8Ww18XzUxxQq8yIWr5kxU84gs7i5dk5J1FrXxaDNLF2l77FX5K RDbWvIS3vtkZjUYobhn7rNc1ABXi2/EvVhznA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=amiF2VwDAXV7fJzHENgoBZ4fFuUxyEN/l5OKut1oX3JBUNDUC08yLXNWCYH3lylmy9 278h005Ca004OxjCqn+KN44rcKi5qUqT24unUOXcQe0LJQ5u2tp+Re8JNJ217M0gkBZX FLG5EuMJOWDYFwmshjWP554Q01bIK9DnxUbo4= Received: by 10.101.15.6 with SMTP id s6mr3030674ani.120.1253393210085; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:46:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?131.230.41.134? (ws041134.vas.siu.edu [131.230.41.134]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm1366060yxe.5.2009.09.19.13.46.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:46:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AB54339.8000406@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:46:49 -0500 From: LoH User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" References: <20090919200603.GA10036@teddy.fas.com> <20090919203522.GA10656@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <20090919203522.GA10656@teddy.fas.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 20:46:51 -0000 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