Simon Slater wrote: > Is there any overlap in the functions of NIS, bind and LDAP? Or are > these mutually exclusive? I would be surprised if you needed either NIS or LDAP for a SOHO network. However, I would say NIS and LDAP are similar, but bind (i.e. DNS) serves a fundamentally different purpose. > When using DHCP, is /etc/hosts redundant? Well, you won't /need/ to use it. You configure a server to assign IPs (DHCP) and automatically tell other computers which computer maps to which IPs (DNS). > What is the optimal way to resolve names in a small but growing > network? Depends how small, of course. But I would think a simple DNS/DHCP server like dnsmasq is reasonable for such a network. See http://www.linux.com/articles/149040 for a good start. Matt Flaschen -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
