Re: DHCP versus DNS

["J. Scott Kasten" <jsk titan tetracon-eng net>]

DHCP and DNS are two completely different things.  One does not have anything to do with
the other.

DNS is the service that translates ASCII based machine names to IP addresses.

I.E. www.slashdot.org - 207.242.123.7  (not really, just an example).

DHCP is a means of installing network configuration automatically in a machine.
You still need DNS even if you have DHCP.

Check the HOWTOs in /usr/doc/HOWTO for more info.

On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 09:45:47AM -0600, Bjornson, Matt wrote:
> I am setting up a small network with 2 linux servers and 1 windows client.
> I will be connected to the internet 24 7 via DSL and will have Apache
> running for web services.  I might also have a laptop that might connect
> every once in a while to the network too that is running Windows.  My
> question is this it seems that DHCP is much easier to set up and configure
> than DNS,  what is the general opinion on the selection on DHCP over DNS?
> Are their security issues that I have neglected ( because of the full time
> internet connection).  thanks matt
> 
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