On Jun 25, 2012 10:07 AM, "Andrei POPESCU" <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Lu, 25 iun 12, 01:09:36, Soare Catalin wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I've setup a dhcp+dns server on a small box where I've installed > > debian wheezy. It is for home use, as I happen to have a retarded > > router from my ISP which is unable to hold reservations. > > > > I've installed both isc-dhcp-server ( 4.2.2) and bind9 (9.8.1), and > > they both work fine for all clients I connect to them, except for one > > small detail: the dhcp server seems unable to add dns entries. (With > > other words, everyone gets an IP and internet, but I'm unable to get > > things to work internally, don't know who has what IP). > > In my experience dnsmasq is much better suited for this kind of setup: > > 1. install it (and get rid of bind and isc-dhcp-server) > 2. list your hosts in /etc/hosts > 3. configure the simplest DHCP network in /etc/dnsmasq.conf > 4. Enjoy :) > > At step 3. you might need to set up static leases for your machines as > well, but I'm not sure... > > Kind regards, > Andrei > -- > Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
Hi, Sorry for replying so late, but only last evening I had a chance to try it out. I removed both bind server and isc-dhcp-server and installed dnsmasq. It was very easy to setup. Thank you very much for the reply.
