DNS/BIND would provide a central location for the other machines to do lookups. If there is only a few machines then you do not need it but, when the number of machine goes past the " I can easily walk to each machine and update the host files on all of them" then DNS offers a way to have all the machines point to one server and all you have to update is the central servers DNS files and push them to all the other machines.
Thanks Marc Aylesworth C3I Associates AFRL/IFSE Joint Battlespace Infosphere Team 525 Brooks Rd Rome, NY 13441-4505 Tel:315.330.2422 Fax:315.330.7009 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thurman Pedigo Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 2:45 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] CPRSchart not connection from remote clien t Lets say we have 30 devices. What is the advantage of DNS/BIND over directly addressing the IP? Thanks, Thurman > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Woodhouse > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:37 AM > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] CPRSchart not connection from remote clien > t > > I think it will pick the first one. BTW, I know configuring BIND sounds > like work you'd rathert not do, but there are a lot advantages to ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
