Jeffrey L. Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Setting up DNS takes a couple of hours in one go. Getting around it > will take about the same amount of time in smaller chunks. You have > three (or more) alternatives: > > 1) configure DHCP server to always give out the same IP address to the > same NIC each time and edit /etc/hosts on each box as new hosts added. > > 2) configure DHCP server to give out the same IP address each time and > configure DNS with the names and IP addresses once and edit > /etc/resolv.conf once on each box. > > 3) configure DHCP and DNS servers to use Dynamic DNS, so DHCP server > updates DNS server each time an IP address changes.
> Having done all three at one time or another, I've settled on number > two. Thanks for the info. This is clearly depressing. I was hoping someone had already made it simple to Do The Right Thing(tm). Ah, well. I guess I can add fixing a DNS server to work right to the list of many projects I might get around to doing some day. Thanks, Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
