Dns Update
frank miller
frankkmiller at yahoo.com
Fri May 2 18:25:11 UTC 2008
I believe I tested that configuration but when the
HOST machine changed its name (probably through My
Computer, Computer Name if it was WINDOWS) DHCP
ignored the options and did A and PTR records based on
what the client was sending.
I'll try again. Thank you.
John Hascall <john at iastate.edu> wrote:
>
> > Do not always want to trust what the client sends
> as
> > the hostname and would like to use what is in the
> host
> > definition for example, the option host-name or
> > ddns-hostname.
> >
> > I want DHCPD to update DNS based on what I set not
> > what the client sends.
> >
> > I have tried a few of the options but the dns
> always
> > seems to update on what the client sends and not
> on
> > what is in DHCPD.CONF.
>
> This is what we use without issue:
>
> ddns-update-style interim;
> ddns-updates on;
> ddns-ttl 300;
> ...
> # ministry-of-silly-walks.its.iastate.edu
> 00:80:47:3d:a7:a7 john
> host 0080473da7a7 {
> hardware ethernet 00:80:47:3d:a7:a7;
> ddns-hostname "ministry-of-silly-walks";
> ddns-domainname "its.iastate.edu";
> option domain-name "its.iastate.edu";
> }
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> John
>
>
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