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DHCP server also supplying machine names?
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I am just setting up a DHCP server on a FreeBSD box (FreeBSD 5.0). Will it also supply the host machine names or do I have to start a name server for that?
It is mainly a test box in order to go step by step to a file and mail server plus firewall for my parent's office.
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Just a clarification: the DHCP server works as I wanted it to work.
It's just that I want to type the names instead of the IP addresses, e. g. when ssh-ing into my FreeBSD box.
I have configured dhcpd such that a machine always gets the same IP address via its unique MAC address.
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Originally posted by OreoCookie:
Just a clarification: the DHCP server works as I wanted it to work.
It's just that I want to type the names instead of the IP addresses, e. g. when ssh-ing into my FreeBSD box.
I have configured dhcpd such that a machine always gets the same IP address via its unique MAC address.
You need either DNS, or a custom-built HOSTS file on every machine. That's the only way each machine will know what the name of its neighbor is.
Some DHCP implementations actually know how to talk with some DNS implementations, so that if you assign IP addresses dynamically, the DHCP server actually modifies the DNS table with the new information.
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Thanks.
Do I need to reboot my machines every time I alter the hosts file? Or is it sufficient to kill a process and restart it.
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Another question.
The dhcpd server just works when I configure the ethernet interface (in my case tl0) manually which means that I have to manually set it to the IP address that's supposed to be supplied by the DHCP server. No big deal, but is there a way to really have 100 % automatically assigned by dhcpd.
I have already tried the combination "ifconfig_tl0="DHCP"" (rc.conf) and "dhcpd_ifaces="tl0"" (dhcpd.conf).
Did I miss anything?
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