From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 5 10:31:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cody.jharris.com (cody.jharris.com [205.238.128.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3842A37B417 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 10:31:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (nick@localhost) by cody.jharris.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id fB5IVlH84584; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 12:31:47 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nick@rogness.net) Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 12:31:47 -0600 (CST) From: Nick Rogness X-Sender: nick@cody.jharris.com To: Mark Yeck Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dynamic IP Resolvers In-Reply-To: <2041.65.205.87.208.1007506911.squirrel@y3k.shacknet.nu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Mark Yeck wrote: > Nick wrote: > > Why not use bind/DHCP with dynamic DNS? > > I dont know that much about bind. Wouldnt that require that I have a > DNS server out there, or at least a registered domain name? Yes, you need a Nameserver you control. The concept is simple, after receiving a new DHCP address, it sends a update to your DNS server for your hostname. The nameserver updates the record accordingly. Nick Rogness - Keep on Routing in a Free World... "FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message