Re: Getting DHCP to 'update' DNS records locally
Clint Olsen wrote: Apologies if this isn't the correct forum. I'd like to configure DNS on my home network but make it work simultaneously with DHCP. So, when hosts are plugged into the network and issued an IP, DNS is updated to reflect the hostnames. That way I can refer to all my machines by name in all databases and I can avoid hardcoding IP addresses. I know Windows allows name-based recognition even in the instance you're using DHCP, but I'd like it to work more generally with any type of machine on the network. The problem is, when I search for terms related to this, I get hits for DynDNS and all that stuff which is /not/ what I want. I'm not trying to update a remote DNS record. This is just a local thing. If there's a lightweight DNS server that comes with a DHCP daemon, that would be fine too. I just need to know where to start. Thanks, -Clint ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've also got an example of how to do this with bind9 and isc dhcpd. You can find it at http://www.ctln.org/contactus/team/reid/freebsd/ddns ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Getting DHCP to 'update' DNS records locally
Apologies if this isn't the correct forum. I'd like to configure DNS on my home network but make it work simultaneously with DHCP. So, when hosts are plugged into the network and issued an IP, DNS is updated to reflect the hostnames. That way I can refer to all my machines by name in all databases and I can avoid hardcoding IP addresses. I know Windows allows name-based recognition even in the instance you're using DHCP, but I'd like it to work more generally with any type of machine on the network. The problem is, when I search for terms related to this, I get hits for DynDNS and all that stuff which is /not/ what I want. I'm not trying to update a remote DNS record. This is just a local thing. If there's a lightweight DNS server that comes with a DHCP daemon, that would be fine too. I just need to know where to start. Thanks, -Clint ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Getting DHCP to 'update' DNS records locally
On Thursday 29 November 2007, Clint Olsen wrote: Apologies if this isn't the correct forum. I'd like to configure DNS on my home network but make it work simultaneously with DHCP. So, when hosts are plugged into the network and issued an IP, DNS is updated to reflect the hostnames. That way I can refer to all my machines by name in all databases and I can avoid hardcoding IP addresses. I know Windows allows name-based recognition even in the instance you're using DHCP, but I'd like it to work more generally with any type of machine on the network. The problem is, when I search for terms related to this, I get hits for DynDNS and all that stuff which is /not/ what I want. I'm not trying to update a remote DNS record. This is just a local thing. If there's a lightweight DNS server that comes with a DHCP daemon, that would be fine too. I just need to know where to start. You can do this fairly easily with isc-dhcp3-server and bind/named. The dhcpd.conf(5) manpage (from isc-dhcp3-server) goes into quite a bit of detail on how to set this up (including what to put in named.conf). JN ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Getting DHCP to 'update' DNS records locally
On Nov 29, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Clint Olsen wrote: Apologies if this isn't the correct forum. I'd like to configure DNS on my home network but make it work simultaneously with DHCP. So, when hosts are plugged into the network and issued an IP, DNS is updated to reflect the hostnames. That way I can refer to all my machines by name in all databases and I can avoid hardcoding IP addresses. I know Windows allows name-based recognition even in the instance you're using DHCP, but I'd like it to work more generally with any type of machine on the network. The problem is, when I search for terms related to this, I get hits for DynDNS and all that stuff which is /not/ what I want. I'm not trying to update a remote DNS record. This is just a local thing. If there's a lightweight DNS server that comes with a DHCP daemon, that would be fine too. I just need to know where to start. Try the following; it is for DHCP and BIND9... http://my-mili.eu/matt/docs/dynamic-dns-with-dhcp-and-bind-9/ Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Getting DHCP to 'update' DNS records locally
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 03:09:00PM -0800, Clint Olsen wrote: Apologies if this isn't the correct forum. I'd like to configure DNS on my home network but make it work simultaneously with DHCP. So, when hosts are plugged into the network and issued an IP, DNS is updated to reflect the hostnames. That way I can refer to all my machines by name in all databases and I can avoid hardcoding IP addresses. I know Windows allows name-based recognition even in the instance you're using DHCP, but I'd like it to work more generally with any type of machine on the network. The problem is, when I search for terms related to this, I get hits for DynDNS and all that stuff which is /not/ what I want. I'm not trying to update a remote DNS record. This is just a local thing. If there's a lightweight DNS server that comes with a DHCP daemon, that would be fine too. I just need to know where to start. dns/dnsmasq does exactly what you want. Dan -- Daniel Bye _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ pgpUtxtTtfcmT.pgp Description: PGP signature
