Search Again: Re: DNS and DHCP From: Global Homes Webmaster Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2002 Time: 12:38:29 pm On 02/06/02 at 13:06, Steffan A. Cline wrote: > If you are running the DHCP server you can assign a local ip even thru dhcp > to the mac address of any one computer. That way your dns server will always > point to the correct name to the correct ip. I know that some DHCP servers can be configured to always assign the same IP address to a given MAC address, but I'm not aware that the Airport DHCP server can do that, which is why I asked the question. Like I said, as far as I can tell, the extent of the configuration options for DHCP on the Airport is 'on' or 'off.' Have I missed something somewhere in the Airport Admin settings? That's entirely possible, so don't hesitate to give me a virtual dope slap if I have. > > I've marked this as off-topic because it's really a general DNS > > question and not really QuickDNS-specific, but it might be of > > interest to others on the list. I've recently set up an Airport II > > on my home network. It's running as a DHCP server, sharing a PPP > > connection out to the network (2 desktops, an iBook and a networked > > printer). Works as advertised, very cool; so far, so good. I'd like > > to set up a DNS server for the internal network (BIND on an OS X > > machine) so that we can refer to the various hosts by name. This is > > more for my own enlightenment and amusement than as a necessity. > > With the help of DNS & BIND, I'm sure that I can get an internal > > name server going without too much problem, but there is one thing > > I'm not sure about. Since the internal addresses assigned via DHCP > > are, well, dynamic, and since computers occasionally leave and > > re-join the network (a.k.a. the iBook goes for a ride...) and/or get > > rebooted, etc., the internal addresses get shuffled around > > occasionally. The machine at 10.0.1.2 today may or may not be the > > same machine at that address tomorrow. As far as I can find from the > > meager Airport docs there are no configuration options for its DHCP > > server other than 'on' and 'off,' so there's not a way to get the > > Airport always assign the same address to a given machine. Is there > > a workable strategy to deal with this so that a given host name in > > the internal DNS always resolves to the same machine, even if that > > machine's IP address may change occasionally? Can it be done with > > BIND, or would I need to find some other name server that can do > > dynamic DNS? I'm stretching the limits of my knowledge at this > > point, all suggestions are welcome, TIA. 8^) Christopher Bort | cbort@globalhomes.com Webmaster, Global Homes | webmaster@globalhomes.com <http://www.globalhomes.com/> | PGP public key available on request

Messages In This Thread: DNS and DHCP by Alan Ordway on Oct 8, 2001 at 8:56:30 am Re: DNS and DHCP by Frank Laszlo on Oct 8, 2001 at 9:14:28 am Re: DNS and DHCP by Men & Mice Support on Oct 8, 2001 at 10:30:14 am Re: DNS and DHCP by Len Conrad on Oct 8, 2001 at 11:39:24 am DNS and DHCP by Global Homes Webmaster on Feb 6, 2002 at 11:39:13 am Re: DNS and DHCP by Steffan A. Cline on Feb 6, 2002 at 12:08:02 pm Re: DNS and DHCP by Global Homes Webmaster on Feb 6, 2002 at 12:38:29 pm Re: DNS and DHCP by Warren Michelsen on Feb 6, 2002 at 3:34:01 pm Re: DNS and DHCP by Global Homes Webmaster on Feb 6, 2002 at 3:41:26 pm Re: DNS and DHCP by Men & Mice Support on Feb 6, 2002 at 3:49:45 pm Re: DNS and DHCP by Global Homes Webmaster on Feb 6, 2002 at 4:04:25 pm Re: DNS and DHCP by Len Conrad on Feb 6, 2002 at 4:21:08 pm Re: DNS and DHCP by Global Homes Webmaster on Feb 7, 2002 at 9:58:09 am