Problems with DDNS + Mac OS X as a client

[Sten Carlsen]

Simon Hobson wrote:
> Jason Lixfeld wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm having a hard time figuring out why everything BUT a Mac OS X 
>> client will work with DDNS.
>>     
>
> I can assure you that ISC DHCPD + BIND + Mac OS X clients does work just fine.
>
>   
>>   I have Windows XP Clients, Cisco IP 
>> Phone, Apple AEBS and Apple AE Clients, my VTech Vonage Phone, my HP 
>> Printer; everything gets an IP and DDNS assigned, except the Mac.  
>> I've tried with the wireless and wired interfaces, neither work.  Not 
>> sure if it's the client, or the server but I think something is off.  
>> Actually, looking at this again, it appears that coincidentally, it's 
>> only with dhcpd.conf entries that have fixed-address entries.
>>     
>
> Then you've identified the problem ! DHCPD does 
> not do DDNS updates on static addresses unless 
> you set a config option for it. From man 
> dhcpd.conf :
>
>            The update-static-leases statement
>
>              update-static-leases flag;
>
>
>
> Sten Carlsen wrote:
>
>   
>> Looks very much like these are not the real zone names? One thing that
>> is known to break in the presence of OSX(at least some versions) is the
>> use of .local as inside tld.
>>
>> You figure out if that is applicable for you. If it is, the solution,
>> however painful, is to move to another inside tld. At least I have not
>> found any other way.
>>     
>
> I doubt very much of using '.local' will affect 
> DDNS. The problems with using .local are related 
> to client lookups and are totally independent of 
> what the server(s) are doing. The workaround in 
> 10.4 is to add .local to the search domains field 
> in the network setup.
>
> See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107800 for more info.
>
> Simon
>
>   
You're right (of course) but in 10.2 that was not an option. Also dhcp
would not update dns with that setup. I have not had any problems since,
so I can confirm that it works.

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Sten Carlsen

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