On Friday 05 May 2006 23:32, Nic wrote: > Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > * Btw, can't that be done via sending an hostname (which probably works > > more easily with clients like dhcpcd, default in Gentoo) and making the > > server associate IPs with hostnames? > > I don't dhcp can _match_ on a sent hostname but it can on a > dhcp-client-identifier. All sorts of matching expressions are > possible, not just 1:1. > > > Actually you don't need fixed IPs as long as you make your dhcp server be > > also a DNS server (I remember it can be done, not sure if it required > > collaboration with bind or if it could be done without bind; dnsmasq > > contains a DHCP + DNS server to do this, however). > > You don't need BIND but you do need the NSd and the DHCPd to be > compatible. > > In my particular system dnsmasq is already being used (for a caching > NS) and configuring the listening interface in dnsmasq configures it > for both dhcp and dns. Since I don't want my laptop serving dhcp for > whatever lan it is connected to this is not an option. If dnsmasq had > different config options for the NS and the DHCPD then it would be > perfect.
I hadn't thought to > >> bob's your uncle. > > > > Er? What's that? > > Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt. > > http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bob1.htm > Ah yes. That was the down side of doing the preconfigured tap: I don't > get to use uml_net to set it up anymore. > It's a pity we can't do: > > uml_switch -tap thetapdevice -daemon > > and have it all just work. You mean make uml_switch autoconfigure it? That's an idea... will look at it at some time... -- Inform me of my mistakes, so I can keep imitating Homer Simpson's "Doh!". Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade (Skype ID "PaoloGiarrusso", ICQ 215621894) http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale! http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/*http://it.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
