Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-10 Thread George Vanev
I set up my own caching nameserver. I used djbdns (dnscache). Some guys like it some not. Any opinion which is best (or at least very good) to use for caching dns On 1/10/07, Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "George Vanev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed isc-dhcpd and it is

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-10 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"George Vanev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed isc-dhcpd and it is working fine. > But I don't want to hardcode the nameservers in the dhcpd.conf, > because my ISP is changing them sometimes. > It would be perfect if there is a way dhcpd to read the nameservers > from /etc/resolv.conf N

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-10 Thread Robert Huff
George Vanev writes: > It would be perfect if there is a way dhcpd to read the nameservers > from /etc/resolv.conf Check the "prepend" and "supercede" directives. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread George Vanev
Thanks to all of you! I installed isc-dhcpd and it is working fine. But I don't want to hardcode the nameservers in the dhcpd.conf, because my ISP is changing them sometimes. It would be perfect if there is a way dhcpd to read the nameservers from /etc/resolv.conf Regards -- George Vanev ___

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread Peter Nyamukusa
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 19:10, David Kelly wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 05:23:07PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > David Kelly wrote: > > > But for the Windows machines to "get the nameservers automatically" > > > one has to set up DHCP somewhere. On the FreeBSD machine. Or on a SOHO > >

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread David Kelly
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 05:23:07PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > David Kelly wrote: > > But for the Windows machines to "get the nameservers automatically" one > > has to set up DHCP somewhere. On the FreeBSD machine. Or on a SOHO > > router. Somewhere. > > No, the FreeBSD machine (which acts a

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 9:28 am, Peter Nyamukusa wrote: > I think you will need to have DHCP running in your network as DHCP is the > only way to automatically get nameservers regardless of the OS you are > using Depends on how many clients you're setting up. If there are

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread Oliver Fromme
es to it. > > > > > > I think you will need to have DHCP running in your network as DHCP is > > > the only > > > way to automatically get nameservers regardless of the OS you are using > > > > No, you don't need DHCP in the case George describ

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread David Kelly
. > > > > Can you tell me how this may be done?! > > > > Regerds > > > > > > I think the best solution would be to configure the FreeBSD box as a > > > caching nameserver, then point all your windows boxes to it. > > > > I think

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread Oliver Fromme
t; > > > I think the best solution would be to configure the FreeBSD box as a > > caching nameserver, then point all your windows boxes to it. > > I think you will need to have DHCP running in your network as DHCP is the > only > way to automatically get nameserv

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread Peter Nyamukusa
egerds > > I think the best solution would be to configure the FreeBSD box as a > caching nameserver, then point all your windows boxes to it. I think you will need to have DHCP running in your network as DHCP is the only way to automatically get nameservers regardless of the OS you

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread Nathan Vidican
George Vanev wrote: I have a FreeBSD 6.1 box for a gateway. It connects to ISP via pppoe. In /etc/ppp/ppp.conf i have this line: enable dns so I have the necessery nameserver-s in /etc/resolv.conf So far, so good... I want Windows client machines, connected to the FreeBSD box to get the nameserve

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread Oliver Fromme
George Vanev wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 6.1 box for a gateway. > It connects to ISP via pppoe. > In /etc/ppp/ppp.conf i have this line: > enable dns > so I have the necessery nameserver-s in /etc/resolv.conf > So far, so good... > I want Windows client machines, connected to the FreeBSD box

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 7:56 am, George Vanev wrote: > I want Windows client machines, connected to the FreeBSD box > to get the nameservers automatically. > Can you tell me how this may be done?! > Regerds I think the best solution would be to configure the FreeBSD box as a caching nameserve

Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread George Vanev
I have a FreeBSD 6.1 box for a gateway. It connects to ISP via pppoe. In /etc/ppp/ppp.conf i have this line: enable dns so I have the necessery nameserver-s in /etc/resolv.conf So far, so good... I want Windows client machines, connected to the FreeBSD box to get the nameservers automatically. Can