[ale] Connection From 192.168.1.x Requires Host Name

[Joe]

Chris Ricker <kaboom at gatech.edu> writes:

> On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Mike Millson wrote:
> 
> > Given:
> > Linux server: 192.168.1.1
> > Windbloze machine: 192.168.1.10
> > 
> > Also, if the Windbloze address is assigned via DHCP, do I have to put a host
> > name for every possible IP address in the assignment block I'm using? This
> > seems too hard. Any suggestions?
> 
> Two possible solutions:
> 
> * give the windows machine a static DHCP lease (so it gets the same IP 
> address from DHCP every time)
> * set up DNS and put in records for all the IP addresses

(3) Set up DHCPD with dynamic DNS update, and run a local caching DNS
server whose host DB is updated by your DHCPD whenever it hands out a
new IP.

-- Joe
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