Re: pump, DHCP, & DNS

["Jeff Hogg" <tastin catchnet net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: David Ellement <david ellement home com>
To: RedHat mail list <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Date: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:20 AM
Subject: pump, DHCP, & DNS


>Hello,
>
>I have Linksys Cable/DSL router connected to my cable modem acting
>as a DHCP server.  I'm running RedHat 6.2 on this machine using pump
>to manage the interface.
>
>Is there some way to get something like DNS working for the local
>machines controlled by the Cable/DSL router?  I'd like to be able to
>refer to the machines on my local net by name as I can for the
>machines on my ISP's domain.
>
For a small number of systems, you could just edit /etc/hosts to contain all
the machines you want to refer to by name.  Otherwise, you could set up a
small local DNS without too much hassle.  I have such a set up here for an
internal network of about 15 systems.  Works well :)  It kept me from
editing 15 different /etc/hosts files, and taught be a bit about DNS.  Up to
you.  To get the DNS set up, just install the bind rpms and get a hold of
the howto's.  They are fairly complete.  Good luck.

Jeff Hogg