From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 03:55:21 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B19C616A41B for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:55:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Received: from catflap.slightlystrange.org (cpc5-cmbg1-0-0-cust497.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [86.6.1.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B6F213C468 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:55:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Received: by catflap.slightlystrange.org (Postfix, from userid 106) id F3E816108; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:55:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from torus.slightlystrange.org (torus.slightlystrange.org [10.1.3.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by catflap.slightlystrange.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6332C60E2 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:55:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: (from danielby@localhost) by torus.slightlystrange.org (8.14.2/8.13.4/Submit) id lAU3tH9t008965 for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:55:18 GMT (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:55:17 +0000 From: Daniel Bye To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071130035517.GA8934@torus.slightlystrange.org> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <20071129230900.GC10829@belle.0lsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071129230900.GC10829@belle.0lsen.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-PGP-Fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A Cc: Subject: Re: Getting DHCP to 'update' DNS records locally X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Bye List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:55:21 -0000 --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 03:09:00PM -0800, 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 a= re > 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 li= ke > it to work more generally with any type of machine on the network. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. dns/dnsmasq does exactly what you want. Dan --=20 Daniel Bye _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHT4mlixf5fBYiFmoRAmEDAJ9Eq67Fl35OJaZWGxr40n4N34/sGACeK8Ma OdXnbHESbHQzOroULQ7T0Ec= =rTKw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE--