I have several PCs/LapTops accessing the Internet through a wireless router
(Linksys WRT54G). It also acts as a DHCP server presenting each connected PC
with an IP-address. For Internet access it works flawlessly but I have other
application which access the PCs on the LAN, such as back-up programs (Bacula).
For the last sort of applications I need to have either a static IP-address or
an allways correct association between workstation name and its IP-address
(/etc/hosts). It so happens that if the configuration (in terms of connected
PCs/LapTops) remains static then the boxes get the same IP-address each time
they connect to the router. This is, however, not allways true if the
configuration is dynamic (many different PCs and not allways the same).
I feel that what I really need is a DSN on the LAN which is being updated each
time a box connects to the router and gets an IP-address. I have noticed that
some people disable the DHCP server in their router and establesh a DHCP server
in one of connected PCs, but I don't see how that can be accomplished and what
happens if that server is taken out of the network?
Is there a way out of this problem?
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Erik P. Olsen, Civilingeniør, MSc
Solsortvej 30, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Phone: +45 38346480, Fax: +45 38346470, Mobil: +45 40765300
