Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:55:17 +0000 From: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting DHCP to 'update' DNS records locally Message-ID: <20071130035517.GA8934@torus.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <20071129230900.GC10829@belle.0lsen.net> References: <20071129230900.GC10829@belle.0lsen.net>
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 03:09:00PM -0800, Clint Olsen wrote:
> Apologies if this isn't the correct forum. I'd like to configure DNS on =
my
> home network but make it work simultaneously with DHCP. So, when hosts a=
re
> plugged into the network and issued an IP, DNS is updated to reflect the
> hostnames. That way I can refer to all my machines by name in all
> databases and I can avoid hardcoding IP addresses. I know Windows allows
> name-based recognition even in the instance you're using DHCP, but I'd li=
ke
> it to work more generally with any type of machine on the network.
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> The problem is, when I search for terms related to this, I get hits for
> DynDNS and all that stuff which is /not/ what I want. I'm not trying to
> update a remote DNS record. This is just a local thing.
>=20
> If there's a lightweight DNS server that comes with a DHCP daemon, that
> would be fine too. I just need to know where to start.
dns/dnsmasq does exactly what you want.
Dan
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