[Thanks]Another DNS question.

[Erik P. Olsen]

Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> I have several PCs/LapTops accessing the Internet through a wireless 
> router (Linksys WRT54G). It also acts as a DHCP server presenting each 
> connected PC with an IP-address. For Internet access it works flawlessly 
> but I have other application which access the PCs on the LAN, such as 
> back-up programs (Bacula).
> 
> For the last sort of applications I need to have either a static 
> IP-address or an allways correct association between workstation name 
> and its IP-address (/etc/hosts). It so happens that if the configuration 
> (in terms of connected PCs/LapTops) remains static then the boxes get 
> the same IP-address each time they connect to the router. This is, 
> however, not allways true if the configuration is dynamic (many 
> different PCs and not allways the same).
> 
> I feel that what I really need is a DSN on the LAN which is being 
> updated each time a box connects to the router and gets an IP-address. I 
> have noticed that some people disable the DHCP server in their router 
> and establesh a DHCP server in one of connected PCs, but I don't see how 
> that can be accomplished and what happens if that server is taken out of 
> the network?
> 
> Is there a way out of this problem?
> 

Thanks a lot to all of you who took the time to respond. I think I have enough 
ammunition to design a good solution to my problem.

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Erik P. Olsen, Civilingeniør, MSc
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