Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:52:56 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: stan <stanb@panix.com> Subject: Re: Microsoft "Dynamic DNS" Message-ID: <200909201852.56658.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <20090919200603.GA10036@teddy.fas.com> References: <20090919200603.GA10036@teddy.fas.com>
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On Saturday 19 September 2009 22:06:03 stan wrote: > I have a situation at work, where I need a FreeBSD machine to be in the > corporate DNS. We have been bought out, and the new owner says "no static > DNS entries". They use some Microsoft technogly where the client machiens > register thier names with the corprate DNS. > > My Windows laptop for instance, may get different IP addresses using DHCP > depending on what physical location I connect it in. but it's always the > same DNS name. > > Can anyone sugest where to look for information as to how this works, and > how I cna make my FreeBSD machine participate in this? You don't need to do anything. By default, dhclient sends the hostname. Exception is when you don't have a hostname configured in /etc/rc.conf. -- Mel
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