Dynamic DNS Help

[Cricket Liu]

>     I am looking for some direction.  I have some basic knowledge of DNS.
I
> have used BIND version 4.6 and 8.x and have also used NT DNS.  I now would
> like to venture into the world of Dynamic DNS for win9x clients.  I
> understand that the win9x clients are not DynamicDNS aware, but win2k
> clients are.  So, from what I understand so far is that the win9x clients
> get their IP address from a dhcp server and then the DHCP server reports
> that IP to the DNS server.  Win2k DHCP and DNS servers do this natively.
My
> question is are there any UNIX BIND (8.x) servers that work with UNIX DHCP
> servers in the same fashion?

Sure.  The ISC DHCP server and BIND 8 name servers will do that.  See
http://www.isc.org

> Or, are there any UNIX BIND (8.x) servers that
> will work with Win2k DHCP servers or vice versa?

Anything after BIND 8.1 will support SRV records and dynamic update, which
is all you strictly need to support Windows 2000.

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