From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 9 17:29:47 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 50F7F16A407 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:29:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from petern@africaonline.co.zw) Received: from mail.africaonline.co.sz (mail.africaonline.co.sz [212.85.220.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 283DC13C448 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:29:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from petern@africaonline.co.zw) Received: from mail.africaonline.co.sz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 19F4E50F03A; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:29:43 +0200 (SAST) Received: from [172.16.0.64] (ip-net-212-85-220-6.africaonline.co.sz [212.85.220.6]) by mail.africaonline.co.sz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1251850F038; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:29:43 +0200 (SAST) From: Peter Nyamukusa Organization: Africa Online Zimbabwe To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:29:08 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <20070109160648.GC35137@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <200701091623.l09GN70g020919@lurza.secnetix.de> <20070109171012.GA35853@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <20070109171012.GA35853@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701091929.12583.petern@africaonline.co.zw> Cc: David Kelly Subject: Re: Automatically get nameservers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: 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 17:29:47 -0000 On Tuesday 09 January 2007 19:10, David Kelly wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 05:23:07PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > David Kelly wrote: > > > But for the Windows machines to "get the nameservers automatically" > > > one has to set up DHCP somewhere. On the FreeBSD machine. Or on a SOHO > > > router. Somewhere. > > > > No, the FreeBSD machine (which acts as a PPPoE client) > > already receives the addresses of the name servers via > > the PPP protocol. There's really no need for DHCP. > > > > I have exactly that setup at home, and I definitely do > > not use DHCP. > > Yes, the FreeBSD machine can get *its* nameserver addresses from the > upstream connection via PPPoE. But the original poster asked how could > his Windows machines connected thru the FreeBSD machine *automatically* > get nameservice. > > Some have suggested configuring the FreeBSD machine as a caching > nameserver. That is an option, but the Windows machines still do not > *automatically* know who to use for nameservice. Also its a bit harder I agree here for any device to automatically receive DNS servers then DHCP has to be running and the device has to act as a DHCP client otherwise you would have to specify them statically. Unless we mis-understood the question Regards -- Peter Nyamukusa Systems Administrator Africa Online Zimbabwe Tel: +263-4-250890 Fax: +263-4-702203 E-mail: petern@africaonlineco.zw AIM: petenya > for the caching nameserver to be updated when/if PPPoE changes the > nameservice addresses. This is something SOHO routers do fairly easily, > altho most simply pass the same addresses they are given. Some will act > as a nameserver, possibly caching. > > Once again I repeat, for the Windows machines to automatically get > nameserver addresses someone has to be running a DHCP server. Otherwise > someone has to type the addresses into a dialog box on each Windows > machine.