Eric Donkersloot wrote:
On Sat, 2006-08-05 at 20:17 +0200, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
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?
I'm not sure I understand you correctly, but what about giving this
(backup) host a static ip address outside the dhcp range but obviously
in the same network ? Just narrow down the dhcp range on the router if
necessary.
OK. Let me explain it more specific. In the back-up config files I can address
the clients (the PCs to be backed up) by either their IP-addresses or their
hostnames (I think Windoze calls it workstation names). IP-addresses are dynamic
and may change, host names are static so I can enter their host names into the
config files to keep them static provided I have a dynamic way of modifying
/etc/hosts whenever a box connects to the LAN. /etc/hosts is in a sense a DNS I
just don't know of any method to keep it current.
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