Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 10:41:08 -0700 From: "James A. Peltier" <james@aspert.com> To: "Bernd Luevelsmeyer" <bernd.luevelsmeyer@heitec.net>, "Chris Fedde" <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DHCP server for FreeBSD 4.0 Message-ID: <014701bfdadf$11705580$4b2b35d1@aspert.com> References: <200006200658.e5K6vx196559@fedde.littleton.co.us>
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With older versions just generate a config file containing machine names for your IP ranges and when your machine gets an address it will already be assigned a DNS name. - James A. Peltier ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: Bernd Luevelsmeyer <bernd.luevelsmeyer@heitec.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 11:57 PM Subject: Re: DHCP server for FreeBSD 4.0 > On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 03:43:20 +0200 Bernd Luevelsmeyer wrote: > +------------------ > | May I ask, how do you get DHCP-generated IP addresses into the DNS? I've > | got a DHCP server that assigns addresses just fine, but they can't be > | looked up because only the fixed addresses are in the DNS. Windows > | clients can find each other via WINS, but that isn't enough in the long > | run, I'll need the DNS lookup sooner or later. > | I could, if that helps, have the master DNS and the DHCP-daemon on the > | same computer. Perhaps one could let the DHCP server modify the zone > | file and issue a "ndc reload" when a lease is assigned? But I'll have to > | handle expired leases too. > | > | > | Thanks, > | Bernd > +------------------ > > The 3.0b1pl13 ISC server supports some features for dynamic DNS > update. The 8.2.2-p5 BIND supports dynamic updates as defined in > RFC-2136. I've only begun to play with this. > > For my current uses I put something like: > > $GENERATE 150-200 $ ptr dhcp$.i.foo.com. > > in my in-addr.arpa zone file and > > $GENERATE 150-200 dhcp$ a 192.168.1.$ > > in my foo.com zone file. > > chris > > -- > Chris Fedde > 303 773 9134 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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