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Subject: Re: Automatically get nameservers
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On Tuesday 09 January 2007 16:38, Kirk Strauser wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 January 2007 7:56 am, George Vanev wrote:
> > 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 the best solution would be to configure the FreeBSD box as a
> caching nameserver, then point all your windows boxes to it.

I think you will need to have DHCP running in your network as DHCP is the o=
nly=20
way to automatically get nameservers regardless of the OS you are using

Hope this helps

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