On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 23:21 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Joel wrote: > > > [...] > > > Would someone tell me whether an FC3 installation running > > > dhclient normally has a non-empty dhclient.conf? > > > > My FC2 box (which needs, I suppose, to become an FC4 box pretty soon) > > has no dhclient.conf by default. > > > > man dhclient.conf on the same FC2 box indicates that dynamic dns > > functionality is still in the experimental stages, and that it "probably > > doesn't do what you want it to". I wonder if there has been any > > improvement in FC3. > > FC3 says the same thing. > So far as I know, no dynamic DNSing was being done. > To the outside world, my hostname changed when my IP address did. > "stmike" is a purely local phenomenon. > > Anyone out there which FC3 and dhclient that will tell us > whether you have a dhclient.conf? > I have just setup a DHCP & DNS for my local network. I didn't use dhclient. I think the purpose of this is to inform a Dynamic DNS provider if you IP address from your ISP changes, so that others on the internet can find you when you internet IP address changes. > -- > Mike hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. *I* ONLY TURN UP ONCE." -- Death >
