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

2007-01-10 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 Not

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

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.

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 nameserver,

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 to

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

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread Peter Nyamukusa
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 are using Hope this helps Regards -- Peter Nyamukusa

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread Oliver Fromme
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 are using No, you don't need DHCP in the case George described. As Kirk

Re: Automatically get nameservers

2007-01-09 Thread David Kelly
?! 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 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 Oliver Fromme
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 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 only a handful, just

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 as a PPPoE

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 router.

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