I think I understand Bob's issue -because I have the same one. It appears that if you
use DHCP
exclusively, then you can't reference other network nodes *BY NAME* when using ping,
telnet, etc. If you
use DNS, then you have to hard code your hosts table (all be it, only in one place, on
STN). If I am
wrong - and you can use DHCP and ping other nodes via their node name, please let me
know how.
What I'm trying to do, is assign dedicated IP addresses to the more permanent nodes in
my network, say
in the range from 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.199, and let DHCP hand out addresses to
the nomadic
machines (read: laptops) in the rage from 192.168.0.200 to 192.168.0.299. Basically, I
hard coded the
-100 IP addresses into the DNS screen and tell the DHCP screen to hand out addresses
from -200 to -299.
Is this the right approach, or should I tell the DHCP screen to hand out addresses
from -100 to -299
and then simply hard code the resident machines into the DNS table.
Thanks,
...steve...
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Bob Selby wrote:
> I've been using STN for a while now without problems, but have never use DHCP.
>
> I have never been able to ping any internal workstation from any other - by name.
>This hasnt been
> a problem till recently since none of the machines run a server.
>
> However, I now want to set up a SAMBA file server and an APACHE web server (for
>internal use only)
> plus a laptop and some extra workstations and really want to start using named
>TCP/IP services and
> DHCP on various machines.
>
> On the STN box (Dialup using PPP) the DNS server is setup with the "Name Svr" field
>blank. DHCP
> is enabled and the laptop can get an IP address OK (running a network trace on the
>network confirms
> that DHCP supplies the IP address and figures out the name of the laptop)
>
> On another workstation (WIN95 static IP address (for now) GATEWAY ip is OK) I can
>ping external
> services OK but I cant ping the laptop by name ..... :-( I can ping the
>laptop if I give the
> IP address.
>
> Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong ??? or am I expecting STN to do
>something it was not
> designed for ???
>
> I'm fed up with maitaining LMHOST files and was hoping that the combo of DHCP and
>DNS would be the
> answer to a maidens prayer.
>
> Rgds,
> Bob
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