On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 03:09:00PM -0800, Clint Olsen wrote: > Apologies if this isn't the correct forum. I'd like to configure DNS on my > home network but make it work simultaneously with DHCP. So, when hosts are > plugged into the network and issued an IP, DNS is updated to reflect the > hostnames. That way I can refer to all my machines by name in all > databases and I can avoid hardcoding IP addresses. I know Windows allows > name-based recognition even in the instance you're using DHCP, but I'd like > it to work more generally with any type of machine on the network. > > The problem is, when I search for terms related to this, I get hits for > DynDNS and all that stuff which is /not/ what I want. I'm not trying to > update a remote DNS record. This is just a local thing. > > If there's a lightweight DNS server that comes with a DHCP daemon, that > would be fine too. I just need to know where to start.
dns/dnsmasq does exactly what you want.
Dan
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