Hello, I am somewhat new to the dhcp/dns combination so I hope you can help me a bit with something that I don't understand.
I have a server (named "server" - those of you who know the German "C't" magazine know the "C't debian server" distribution ) that serves dhcp and dns. So the clients ask dhcp for an IP address and tells dhcp to add their hostname to the dns. When a client asks for a hostname, dns knows the IP and can tell it to the clients. Am I right so far ? OK, now my problem is this: One client that I would like to name eddie is allmost never assigned the correct ip address in dns: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > nslookup eddie Server: 192.168.1.2 Address: 192.168.1.2#53 Name: eddie.zuhause.xx Address: 192.168.1.80 Eddie: # ifconfig eth0 Protokoll:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:10:4B:BB:98:95 inet Adresse:192.168.1.75 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Maske:255.255.0.0 Hmm :( I understand, that dns still has the assignment eddie==192.168.1.80. Even if dhcp tells it "192.168.1.75 wants to be named eddie", dns says "But eddie has already the ip 192.168.1.80". So dhcp doesn't update the name. At least I read this from the error message: ddns : client 127.0.0.1 updating zone : update failed: 'name not in use' prerequisite not satisfied (YXDOMAIN) But what goes wrong here ? Shouldn't dhcp tell dns that 192.168.1.80 isn't valid any more when it assigns 192.168.1.75 to eddie ? What do I have to do to get it working correctly ? N.B.: I have another client, "zaphod" that doesn't have this problem... TIA -- Markus Grunwald Registered Linux User Nr 101577 gpg/pgp fingerprint: 7E01F5FE15CEDD0A http://counter.li.org (gpg --recv-keys 7E01F5FE15CEDD0A) icq 314331831 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]