DHCP Server

[Mark Damrose]

"Nitin Khurana" <nkhurana at novell.com> wrote in message
news:aric8k$aq86$1 at isrv4.isc.org...
>
> Hi,
>     I was just curious to know what is the communication that happens =
> between the DHCP server and the DNS server? Does the DHCP server update =
> the DNS server everytime it allocates and IP address to a DHCP client and
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> if it does where does it get the domain name and the host name of the host
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> for which the new IP address is being allocated? Does the DHCP client i.e.
=
> the host provides this information the DHCP server?
>
> Could anybody please let me know this information.

Depends on the DHCP server.  The DNS server will do whatever updates
(assuming they are allowed) that the DHCP server sends.  Even if you had
specified a DHCP server, the answer would be off topic here.  Ask in a forum
dedicated to the DHCP server you use.

>
> Thanks in advance,
> Nitin.