From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 9 15:57:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5618716A505 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:57:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6ECB13C44B for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:57:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (iforgf@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l09FvWVb017495; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:57:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id l09FvVpU017494; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:57:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:57:31 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200701091557.l09FvVpU017494@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, petern@africaonline.co.zw In-Reply-To: <200701091728.39012.petern@africaonline.co.zw> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-questions User-Agent: tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:57:38 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: Automatically get nameservers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, petern@africaonline.co.zw List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:57:49 -0000 Peter Nyamukusa wrote: > Kirk Strauser wrote: > > 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 only > way to automatically get nameservers regardless of the OS you are using No, you don't need DHCP in the case George described. As Kirk explained you can simply set up a name server on the FreeBSD machine (just one line in /etc/rc.conf), then let the Windows machines use that name server. No DHCP required at all. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. I suggested holding a "Python Object Oriented Programming Seminar", but the acronym was unpopular. -- Joseph Strout