Thanks everyone for ALL the responses. John is correct that my stated requirements do not require/warrant DNS. But I had forgot to mention that most days we end up connecting at least one transient (customer's) computer the LAN. Invariably someone forgets to put the host file on the customer computer, and later forgets to take it off when they leave. So, I am willing to invest the time in setting up some better form of IP address and name management. Jon, the dnsmasq does look like it is a nice fit - but I am trying to stay with the SuSE 9.1 packages for now, so I'll skip it for now. I think I will first look at Koenraad's suggestion about DDNS. If that does not work, I think I understand how DHCP and DNS can work together now. Thanks again - Richard
-----Original Message----- From: Jon Clausen [mailto:jon@stevnsgade.dk] Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:56 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE Pro 9.1 - DNS and DHCP interaction
I am a noobie when it comes to configuring DNS - some guidance is appreciated.
I am reading the DNS info in the 9.1 administration guide. It talks about setting up zone files where one ends up hardcoding the IP addresses for each hostname on the network. That seems to defeat the purpose of DHCP though. I'm currently using a Linksys firewall as a DHCP server for my Windows clients.
I am setting up a SuSE Pro 9.1 server that will serve two main purposes: - Samba file and print sharing; - CVS source code server.
We currently only have six users. I would really like to get rid of the host files that I have been using on each server and workstation (servers Linus, workstations Windows 2000/XP). I think I need to setup a caching DNS server, plus 1 zone
On Tue, 08 Jun, 2004 at 23:40:10 -0700, Richard Mixon (qwest) wrote: that identifies
my local network servers and workstations.
But as I said above, that seems like it defeats the purpose of DHCP. What am I missing.
You might want to have a look at dnsmasq:
http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
I came across it recently but haven't, as yet, had time to check it out. I find it an interesting concept, and it would seem to fit your needs.
HTH Jon Clausen
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