DNS Server - HOME

[Mike]

Jerry Davis wrote:
> Ok,
>
> I am pretty fed up with going through the rig-a-ma-role of finding out what my 
> new addresses are for each of my boxes at home everytime my power goes out.
> I have to find out what the addresses are by logging into each box, doing an 
> ifconfig, and then changing every /etc/hosts file on every machine to match.
> Everything is DHCP.
>
> My question is how do I setup a DNS server that keeps track of all that for 
> me.
>
> I need the DNS Server to not only resolve all my lan addresses but also the 
> internet.
>
> OR do I set everything on my linksys as STATIC according to the MAC address.
> Also, if I can do everything static, does it work for the wireless boxes and 
> printservers?
>
> Also, what is the step by step for doing this on linksys?
>
> Jerry
>   
I just turn dhcp off on my linksys router.

I use bind9 and dhcpd3 with ddns to do what your looking at doing. My 
main and myth backend servers are static. The desktops get mac assigned 
ip addresses so they never change, and everything else runs out of a 
dynamic pool of ip's in which dhcpd writes a record to my arpa file so 
everything resolves regardless of their ip.

Although it might be overkill if all your trying to do is resolve things 
at home. It'd be easier to just statically assign each of your computers 
something and setup your hosts file by hand. But if you have a lot of 
things going in and out of your house, or you just want to learn 
something.... I did a quick search and found this page which is a rough 
idea of what I'm talking about.

http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk/ddns.htm

-Mike