You can have DHCP give out fixed IP addresses and leave your host files alone or you can hack with DNS reading the DHCP servers logs and building the DNS data from that. On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 17:45, mazdaracer wrote: > Before I used to use fixed addresses on my systems and had the data in > the hosts file. Now with DHCP, the host files don't know who's around. > There is really no need for me to use DHCP, but I thought I'd use it to > learn some stuff. Do I have to make my DHCP server (it's all one box > anyway right now) a DNS server? Or? > pete > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- David IS Mandala gpg fingerprint 8932 E7EF CCF5 1B8C 1B5C A92E C678 795E 45B2 D952 Phoenix, AZ (480) 460-7546 HP, (602) 741-1363 CP http://www.them.com/~davidm/