local dns problem

[Tim]

Gene Heskett:
>>>         # we want the nameserver to appear at a fixed address
>>>         host ns {
>>>                 next-server gene.coyote.den;
>>>                 hardware ethernet 00:04:4B:5D:EB:7D;
>>>                 fixed-address 192.168.71.1;
>>>         }
>>> }

Tim:
>> Meaning, if you had a machine with the above MAC (00:04:4B:5D:EB:7D),
>> it'll get assigned that IP address (192.168.71.1), and told to use the
>> hostname of "ns" (which gets expanded to the ns.gene.coyote.den FQDN).
>>
>> If you're not using a PC as a dedicated name server, with that domain
>> name, you may as well remove the entire clause.

Gene Heskett:
> The dhcp server is actually running on this machine, 192.168.71.3.

Doesn't matter.  All that matters is if you want the DHCP server to tell
some machine to be "ns.gene.coyete.den" and use "192.68.71.1".  If
that's not a requirement, then that clause is redundant.

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