If dhcpD and DNS is installed on the same machine, the dhcp scripts will automatically & dynamically update the DNS as machines join the network. That is provided that they are properly "named".
This permits you to utilize their names for shared printers in spite of having dhcp allocations. The DHCPD to DNS update is handled by a cron script installed automatically by Mandrake. It also updates reverse lookup entries. We do this on our small lan and it has worked beautifully. -JMS |-----Original Message----- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Christian Dysthe |Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 3:35 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [expert] DHCP and CUPS | | |Hi, | |I connect to a network where my IP is assigned by a |router/gateway using |DHCP. The other computers on the network are getting their |IP's the same way. |This is practical since we use a lot of laptops on different |networks. DHCP |makes this easy. | |My problem is printing. The computer having the printer |attached does not |have a static IP since we use DHCP (but it is not a laptop so |I guess I could |assign it a static IP and let the laptops use DHCP). I have |cups installed |and wondered how I can make printing work in this DHCP network |environment |since it looks like to me that CUPS need an IP to connect to a remote |printer. Host name alone doesn't seem to be enough. | |Ideas? TIA | |-- |Christian Dysthe |http://www.dysthe.net |ICQ: 3945810 |Registered Linux User #228949 | | |
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