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From: Ashish Shukla =?utf-8?B?4KSG4KS24KWA4KS3IOCktg==?==?utf-8?B?4KWB4KSV4KWN4KSy?= on 22 Jan 2008 02:23
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>>>>> tek writes:
tek> I have configured my LAN to used DNS and DHCPD. The servers are
tek> running on a Fedora 7 PC and the clients are a mixture of desktops and
tek> laptops running Windows XP Home SP2. On the surface all seems to work
tek> as it should. However, I have one problem and I hope I can explain it
tek> in this scenario.

tek> One of the laptops is used statically 85% of the time in my office.
tek> The other 15% of the time I like to use this laptop in other parts of
tek> the house (living room, bedroom, etc). When I do, I switch to the
tek> wireless adaptor. Thereby, the DHCPD server offers a different IP
tek> address. The host name stays the same though. The address is accepted
tek> and the server acknowledges. However, the new DNS "A" record fails to
tek> be written to the forward and reverse zone files. I really don't know
tek> what questions to ask but maybe the probem is that a host name already
tek> exist and is mapped to an IP address in the zone files. Does the IP
tek> have to expire first and remove the host name/IP mapp from the zone
tek> files before an update can take place? Or is this a bug?

Did you tried dynamically adding/removing DNS records using
'nsupdate', hmm... ?

I followed http://www.semicomplete.com/articles/dynamic-dns-with-dhcp/
to configure my DHCPD + DDNS + BIND setup.

HTH
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Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल http://wahjava.wordpress.com/
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