On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, BobH wrote:
> I am thinking of setting up a dhcpd server [for the heck of it and to
> gain some experience] on my home network. I am just starting to read the
> docs, but the question I have not seen answered is how I can address to a
> certain machine on the network via telenet etc. if its' ip address changes
> each time it boots up.
You can assign static addresses to machines with a section like this:
host stampede {
hardware ethernet 00:05:5A:30:74:EC;
fixed-address 192.168.2.3;
}
Place it in your "subnet" section.
> I can't beleive that I would have to run my own DNS
> server and for a small network this would be tremendous overkill.
OK, then try running NIS and serve "hosts" that way. I think most of us
just use DNS.
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