Art Fore wrote:
I have a server setup with DHCP and DNS. DHCP is working and I can see the ip addresses, hardware ethernet, and client-hostname in /var/lib/dhcp/db/dhcp.leases.
DNS forwarding seems to be working as I can set up the name servers as my server in Yast, Network devices, Network Card and still get to the internet from both the server and client, but DNS is not working for the network.
Question is, how does DNS get the local network ip addresses and host names from the DHCP, or does it?
Art
May I recommend dnsmasq? I set this up on my local network (on the firewall/router) and it has been rock solid. It is an integrated dns/dhcp server. It uses the /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf, and other files on the server you install it on as seeds for dhcp requests. Therefore, if you install it on your firewall/router, and your firewall is set for dhcp from your ISP (probably true for > 90% of home users), these /etc/resolv.conf contains your ISP's DNS. Placing entries in /etc/hosts, results in static entries in your local dns domain. DHCP addresses are also placed in your local dns domain. All in all, a very nice package, and is available under YAST. Mitch Thompson RHCE