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?
Thanks a lot to all of you who took the time to respond. I think I have enough
ammunition to design a good solution to my 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
