Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:56:10 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican <nathan@vidican.com> To: George.Vanev@gmail.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Automatically get nameservers Message-ID: <45A3AD0A.1090600@vidican.com> In-Reply-To: <6f4f57f60701090556v35b55b2cn9bbcd363c588b002@mail.gmail.com> References: <6f4f57f60701090556v35b55b2cn9bbcd363c588b002@mail.gmail.com>
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George Vanev wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 6.1 box for a gateway. > It connects to ISP via pppoe. > In /etc/ppp/ppp.conf i have this line: > enable dns > so I have the necessery nameserver-s in /etc/resolv.conf > So far, so good... > I want Windows client machines, connected to the FreeBSD box > to get the nameservers automatically. > Can you tell me how this may be done?! > Regerds I think what you're looking for is DHCP, (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), which will enable you to serve your windows clients on the network with all of their network configuration, including but not limited to: ip address, gateway, subnet mask, dns servers, netbios name servers, etc. You can install a dhcpd server from within the ports collection, or via package if you'd prefer. A DHCP server will allow the FreeBSD machine you've setup as an internet gateway to act almost identically to the commercially available dsl/cable routers. I'd suggest isc-dhcp3-server, available in the ports collection under the 'net' category, you can install using the following commands on a >= 6.1-RELEASE machine, (assuming you have the ports collection installed): cd /usr/ports/net/isc-dhcp3-server/ && make install cp /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf && vi /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf mv /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd.sh echo 'dhcpd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd.sh start Good-luck, read up and come back with any further questions if need be, but it seems like DHCP will solve your problem adequately. All you'll have to do from the windows machines, is set them to automatically configure themselves via DHCP (which is the default setting). -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/
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