Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 03:38:56 -0700 From: "Jeff Shevlen" <jeff@passedpawn.com> To: <jsa@pen.homeip.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: mysql & ISP hostname Message-ID: <001601c1f421$0ff6b890$b300a8c0@wenk> References: <000901c1f414$36f6ed00$b300a8c0@wenk> <200205050651.g456pQI07020@pen.homeip.net>
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> On Sunday 05 May 2002 01:06 am, Jeff Shevlen wrote:
> > I don't know how MySQL manages it's networking, but is there a way
to
> > change this behavior? Is there maybe some way to have MySQL do a
DNS
> > lookup (or use /etc/hosts somehow...) so I don't have to use the
ISP's
> > assigned name?
>
> If you have a static why would your isp assign your host name?
> Are you still required to use dhcp? (I've know a few ISPs that
> require everyone to use dhcp, and just make a table entry for
> static ips by mac address).
>
> If using dhcp, set the option that does NOT request a host
> name from your isp and just set your own.
>
I have no idea how my ISP has things set up. But no, my ISP isn't
using dhcp somehow. I have double-checked the logs and there is no
dhcp transaction when I come up on the network.
The name that MySQL indicated I use ("xxx.xxx.my.isp.net") is an alias
under somebody's network. Nslookup confirms that this address is
aliasing to my IP; but also, and I don't know if this is relevant,
nslookup seems to be getting this response from my ISP's ISP.
I assume that there is some way to rig MySQL so it asks the right
question, to the right name server, but I don't know how this is done.
For the record, I have a few websites, a mail server, and a name
server, all doing what they do based on the one static IP. This is
the first time I've ever come accross "xxx.xxx.my.isp.net".
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