[ale] Multi-label names

[James Taylor]

I do static for servers and desktops in my office, which has a small number of desktops.
For customers, I use static for servers and printers, though I do have assigned dhcp for printers in  some cases.

Information is stored in DNS tables, and included in system docs.
 
I don't know that it's any easier to keep track of mac addresses. And I reuse server names fairly often because of testing and migration upgrades, so mac addressed dhcp assignments would be a real pain to manage.

If you use pure dhcp with dynamic dns, I supposed it would require a bit less oversight, but it would screw with my  proxy setups.
I once worked with a client that managed their Windows AD network this way, but it isn't anything I think I would be comfortable with.
-jt


James Taylor
678-697-9420
james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com



>>> Scott Plante via Ale <ale at ale.org> 3/19/2018 12:24 PM >>> 
Why did you decide to do it that way--like, what does that buy you? And where do you keep track of them--manual entries in the DNS server? In my case (pfSense) the DNS & DHCP are integrated so an entry in DHCP auto-updates DNS. 

Scott 


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From: "leam hall via Ale" <ale at ale.org> 
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org> 
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 12:17:55 PM 
Subject: Re: [ale] Multi-label names 

Only use static IPs, except for phones and such. 

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 12:14 PM, Scott Plante via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote: 
> Do you/others set static IPs on boxes these days, other than the DHCP server 
> and/or firewall itself? I was taught to make pretty much everything DHCP, 
> and just set a static reservation in the DHCP server for the boxes where you 
> don't want the addresses to change. That way, you have one place to manage 
> all the addresses. 
> 
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> Scott Plante 
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> ________________________________ 
> From: "DJ-Pfulio via Ale" <ale at ale.org> 
> To: ale at ale.org 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 9:36:51 PM 
> Subject: Re: [ale] Multi-label names 
> 
> I don't have any answers. 
> 
> First, Ubuntu/debian doesn't use /etc/sysconfig/ anything. That's a 
> RHEL-family thing, I think. 
> 
> Running a non-LTS is crazy, IMHO. In 17.10, network setups changed. 
> They've added a new middleman - beyond resolvconf. NetPlan is the name. 
> Sorry, I haven't looked at it at all, since no LTS has it. 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MigratingToNetplan might be helpful. Someone 
> decided that yaml is easier than the interfaces file. 
> 
> I purge all network manager stuff and either have static IPs or use DHCP 
> reservations from the network DHCP server. Find it is easier for my 
> needs. I understand that network manager is better now than when it was 
> when I had all sorts of issues with it. 
> 
> I've also found that purging avahi is helpful. It gets in the middle of 
> name resolution stuff - I usually see issues with samba that are solved 
> by NOT having avahi installed. 
> 
> But I really don't know anything. 
> 
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