On 4/3/07, Johan Ehnberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Brian Debelius wrote: > > Jerry Amundson wrote: > >> On 4/3/07, Bill Szkotnicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> In our case the main computing services centre insists upon dynamic > >>> IP's for all workstations. > >>> > >> The issue is DNS, which DHCP and/or the PC should be updating > >> automatically using DDNS standards. > >> > >> Have you checked from the Windows command prompt? > >> "ipconfig /all" shows the Host Name, then "nslookup Host_Name" > >> > >> jerry > >> > >> > > > > I'm confused. Why can't you just use the fully qualified domain name of > > the windows computer? When a windows computer gets a new ip from dhcp, > > it updates the dns automatically. > > > > brian > > > > Not all DHCP servers do that. If its a windows DHCP and DNS server, they > integrate by default. In the case of some small stand-alone DHCP > servers, it's impossible. Same goes for some IT staff in my experience.
Perhaps. But there'd hardly be a compelling reason to use such a server, and I assume a university with a "main computing services centre" certainly wouldn't. jerry -- "Oh joy! Rapture! I've got a brain" -Scarecrow ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
