With regards to the clients updating DNS, yes they are normally set to do that. However you can configure the dhcp server to do it. This can be beneficial in environments where you have clients that are unable to update dns with their new IP information.
-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, 22 February 2010 7:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DHCP in Win2k3 R2 domain On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 13:11, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> wrote: > There is no intrinsic reason for DHCP to be based on Windows. No "technical" reason then. As I suspected. > There are some "easy of admin" features that I think are nice - such as when > you > build the subnet the wizard prompts you for the site-aware DNS and WINS server > and the automatic DNS and rDNS registrations. Explain that a bit more? Doesn't the setting in WinXP (which is what we're on) also handle that if set manually during OS installation? > But any "modern" (i.e., the last 15 years) DHCP server knows about WINS and > NBNS node types, etc. etc. Right. > If DHCP on Windows detects another DHCP server, it'll automatically shut > itself > down to avoid fighting for control. That I didn't know. I'm not sure I like that. > I prefer running DHCP on Windows - especially in branch offices, I can go one > place and control everything and see everything. And it makes monitoring easier, too. From a security standpoint, this is a win - knowing if new MAC addresses are picking up IP addresses out of the pool is a good thing, and while it's possible to do this with the Linux DHCP server (even easy, if your scripting skills are good) it's just one more place to look. This is something to consider. Thanks, Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
