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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2001 15:22:18 +1000
From:      Stanley Hopcroft <Stanley.Hopcroft@IPAustralia.gov.au>
To:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How do I get FreeBSD 4.3-R dhclient to register a hostname with DDNS ?
Message-ID:  <20010919152218.E5190@IPAustralia.Gov.AU>
In-Reply-To: <20010908193650.B372@IPAustralia.Gov.AU>; from Stanley.Hopcroft@IPAustralia.Gov.AU on Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 07:36:52PM %2B1000
References:  <20010908193650.B372@IPAustralia.Gov.AU>

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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

Some one apart from me may have also had trouble with this; the answer 
is

On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 07:36:52PM +1000, Stanley Hopcroft wrote:
> 
> 
> Please would you let me know how I get a FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE DHCP client
> to register a hostname/client identifier with a dynamic DDNS ? 
> 
> MS Windows 98 boxes do just fine.
> 

add the global configuration directive

ddns-domainname "YourDomainName"; 

to your (ISC server only) dhcp server configuration (ISC dhcpd 3.0rc4. 
ISC BIND 8.2.3-RELEASE).

Without having a packet trace of the client (dhclient) activity, I can't 
see whose at fault here.

Thank you,

Yours sincerely.


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