Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:14:36 -0600 From: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: Clint Olsen <clint.olsen@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting DHCP to 'update' DNS records locally Message-ID: <4750611C.4020800@cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <20071129230900.GC10829@belle.0lsen.net> References: <20071129230900.GC10829@belle.0lsen.net>
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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 are > 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 like > it to work more generally with any type of machine on the network. > > 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. > > 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. > > Thanks, > > -Clint > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I've also got an example of how to do this with bind9 and isc dhcpd. You can find it at http://www.ctln.org/contactus/team/reid/freebsd/ddns
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