On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 15:24 -0700, Dan Lund wrote:
> Maybe I'm missing something, but if you setup the hardware addresses
> in the dhcp server to statically assign a system to an IP address, all
> DNS is relatively simple then.  No need to worry about updating dns
> through dhcp, and done this way you can continue to use dhcp.
> At that point it's as simple as setting up a zone file once, and
> keeping it up to date in case you change IP addresses for some reason
> on your own or you add another machine.
> I've done the same at home and used bind8.
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indeed but Linksys routers don't have those kind of options in DHCP
server - I think that was the piece that you were missing.

Setting up BIND and DHCP for most people at their homes is like overkill
unless they want the experience.

Craig

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