From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 19:37:09 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 7648216A420 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:37:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lreid@cs.okstate.edu) Received: from a.cs.okstate.edu (a.cs.okstate.edu [139.78.113.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EAB413C457 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:37:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lreid@cs.okstate.edu) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by a.cs.okstate.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17191154C0E; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:15:53 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4750611C.4020800@cs.okstate.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:14:36 -0600 From: Reid Linnemann User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071027) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Clint Olsen References: <20071129230900.GC10829@belle.0lsen.net> In-Reply-To: <20071129230900.GC10829@belle.0lsen.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting DHCP to 'update' DNS records locally 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: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:37:09 -0000 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