On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Chris Smith <obsd_m...@chrissmith.org> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 11:56 PM, bofh <goodb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm running 5.2. And starting to have more and more things that need >> IP addresses pop in and out of the house. Rather than hardcoding >> everything into dhcpd.conf, I thought I'd check with you guys to see >> what you use to have new devices register into DNS? > > I'm just trying to figure out why the need for DNS entries for such > ad-hoc things that "pop in and out of the house". They get an IP > config from DHCP and they just work. What am I missing?
Off the top of my head, I have the following on the home network: iphone 5, iphone 4s, itouch 4, itouch 2g, nexus4, macbook pro, macbook pro, macbook retina, roku, ps3, wii, mac mini, hackintosh, solaris box + virtualbox VMs. I have a couple of IP addresses memorized, but it would be far far easier to ssh name@retina or name@hackintosh. Or if a new device is lit up (say, kids' friends come over and ask to get on the network) I can easily tell what it is. -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4
