At 4/9/2002 05:56 PM -0700, you wrote: >when a machine whose DHCP_HOSTNAME is caspar is assigned 192.168.1.11, >DNS gets changed so that 192.168.1.11 resolves to caspar.spotnet.org.
Yes. >Well, ok, but this is only going to work in very limited circumstances >- -- i.e., a small, private network where you alone control DNS caching, >which you say is the case for you, Note that small private networks with one route out number in the millions. Think every small business, some medium businesses, all homes, many educational settings... the truth is that the benefit primarily is easier setup with lower knowledge requirements, and more flexibility to changes (say, the boss gets a new computer and the hostname/MAC address changes but he still wants to share his Zip drive) and this *is* important to millions of people. > in which case, what's so hard about >static assignments, or MAC-keyed DHCP leases? It's not "so hard"; I have that in my house already. However, I had to do a little learning. Most of my customers do not and will not have that knowledge, and don't have me to baby-sit them. >Further, if you need to >reach the machine, then it qualifies as a resource server, and should >(in my opinion) have a static IP anyway. Yeah, sort of... take another example. I regularly host Counterstrike and Quake games at my house. Four people at the dinner table, two in the living room, three outside at a table, all new to the house. It would be freaking *great* to "ping bob" or know that Jane is the Quake server without reconfiguring my network. >And finally, on a public network, this is only approaches practicality >if you set astonishingly low TTLs on those records. I do not believe this kind of thing has any use being on public networks. However, the number of private networks for which this would be considered a gift from Heaven is stunning. Note that easier administration of stuff like this also lowers TCO and helps to reduce the bar people need to jump over when moving to Linux while *not* reducing functionality. It's an option, and a damn good one. >So I guess it all just sounds kludgy to me, but if it works for you ... You're thinking only of the Internet, which in this case is not the right Universe. Think of the Intranet, the home, the office, the school... the applications and users for this are literally in the many millions. -- Rodolfo J. Paiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
