Added DHCP client addresses to local DNS

I use DHCP for my home network of 1 Linux (DHCP server and Internet gateway)
and 3 WinXP machines. How do I get them to be able to refer to each other by
name when the DHCP address can change for each client. I connot just add
them to my /windows_stuff/hosts file. Seeems like I read somewhere but
cannot find it again that there is a way for the DHCP server to log the
client host names somewhere.

-Monty

Monty,

Yes. I do exactly this.

Linux Firewall:
Iptable based rules.
DHCP server (for static and dynamic IPs)
DNS caching server.
DNS master for private zone.
Permits dynamic updates from systems on the private LAN.

It is a bit complex to setup and has security concerns. Rather
than clutter the news group, just email mail me and I'll
walk you through it.

Enjoy,
Don Capps



"Monty Wiseman" <wiseman-m@att.net> wrote in message
news:plI6b.132563$3o3.9357826@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> I use DHCP for my home network of 1 Linux (DHCP server and Internet
gateway)
> and 3 WinXP machines. How do I get them to be able to refer to each other
by
> name when the DHCP address can change for each client. I connot just add
> them to my /windows_stuff/hosts file. Seeems like I read somewhere but
> cannot find it again that there is a way for the DHCP server to log the
> client host names somewhere.
>
> -Monty
>
>

>
> Yes. I do exactly this.
>
> Linux Firewall:
> Iptable based rules.
> DHCP server (for static and dynamic IPs)
> DNS caching server.
> DNS master for private zone.
> Permits dynamic updates from systems on the private LAN.
>
> It is a bit complex to setup and has security concerns. Rather
> than clutter the news group, just email mail me and I'll
> walk you through it.
>

Surely thats exactly what ( us newbies ) would like to see! Even though yes
it has been done several times!! (Altho not all in one go like this! )

I'm particularly interested in DNS caching...

On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 15:42:13 +0000, Monty Wiseman wrote:

> I use DHCP for my home network of 1 Linux (DHCP server and Internet
> gateway) and 3 WinXP machines. How do I get them to be able to refer to
> each other by name when the DHCP address can change for each client. I
> connot just add them to my /windows_stuff/hosts file. Seeems like I read
> somewhere but cannot find it again that there is a way for the DHCP
> server to log the client host names somewhere.
>
> -Monty

Visit isc.org ; download the latest dhcpd and bind and read the man pages
and docs. It's pretty well laid out, though it will take you the better
part of a day to figure out the first time. After that, it's a piece of
cake.

You need both dhcpd and bind from isc to make it work, and you need to
read both sets of docs carefuly as the syntax is just different enough for
each package that it won't work unless you RTFM very thoroughly.

-Dondo

Hi Capps,
I used to do this as well (without really knowing how to do it). but
since i upgraded my system to RH 8.0 and then 9.0 this doesn't work
anymore. So it will be really nice if you can walk me thru this step by
step as well.

thanks a lot

J Ai
from downunder

Capps wrote:
> Monty,
>
> Yes. I do exactly this.
>
> Linux Firewall:
> Iptable based rules.
> DHCP server (for static and dynamic IPs)
> DNS caching server.
> DNS master for private zone.
> Permits dynamic updates from systems on the private LAN.
>
> It is a bit complex to setup and has security concerns. Rather
> than clutter the news group, just email mail me and I'll
> walk you through it.
>
> Enjoy,
> Don Capps
>
>
>
> "Monty Wiseman" <wiseman-m@att.net> wrote in message
> news:plI6b.132563$3o3.9357826@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>
>>I use DHCP for my home network of 1 Linux (DHCP server and Internet
>
> gateway)
>
>>and 3 WinXP machines. How do I get them to be able to refer to each other
>
> by
>
>>name when the DHCP address can change for each client. I connot just add
>>them to my /windows_stuff/hosts file. Seeems like I read somewhere but
>>cannot find it again that there is a way for the DHCP server to log the
>>client host names somewhere.
>>
>>-Monty
>>
>>
>
>
>