[kwlug disc.] DHCP registering to DNS?

[Unsolicited at gto.net]

>> [And remind me ... what does one use to see the list of hosts on the 
>> local network? Browse in Konqueror?]

So, there is no Linux (non-SMB?) 'machine browser'? 

> I have four machines on my personal setup, one of which is Windows, four
Linux. I 

I'm rapidly getting to the same spot, and getting tired of maintaining host
files - I'm inclined towards DHCP handing out static addresses. (Thus the
DHCP -> DNS tie.)

-----Original Message-----
From: kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org [mailto:kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org] On
Behalf Of Donald Tees
Sent: December 5, 2006 4:35 PM
To: kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
Subject: Re: [kwlug disc.] DHCP registering to DNS?

John Van Ostrand wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 23:01 -0500, Unsolicited at gto.net wrote:
>   
>> Under GNU/Linux one can fire up a DHCP server, and a DNS server, but 
>> where in these is the sweet spot for having it do the same magic?
>>     
>
> Newer versions of ISC's DHCP have options to update DNS. Man 
> dhcpd.conf and look for DYNAMIC.
>
>   
>> [And remind me ... what does one use to see the list of hosts on the 
>> local network? Browse in Konqueror?]
>>
>> (The question actually posed was: running DHCP and DNS on Linux, even 
>> though his Windows hosts were getting a DHCP address, they don't see 
>> all the machines on the network listed. I think he was saying the 
>> Windows side, but I suspect it was both. I believe NetBIOS is still 
>> running on the Windows side, but I don't believe he has a WINS 
>> server.)
>>     
>
> The easiest way to solve this is with WINS on Samba. Pre-AD windows 
> networks used WINS to provide a list of named computers. It was 
> replaced with AD via DNS. Your best bet is to use WINS, it's simple to 
> setup and is still supported by the latest windows clients.
>
> If you're using Samba you can take advantage of the "root pre exec"
> configuration in the [netlogon]  share to perform the DNS update. Use 
> the nsupdate executable from bind to do that.
>   
I have four machines on my personal setup, one of which is Windows, four
Linux. I use Samba, and smb4k to "browse" my network, mount/dismount shares,
etc.  I have found that setting one Linux box to be a master browser, and
referencing the others to it cured most of the problems of "seeing" other
machines.  I do not use DHCP or WINS.  Each machine is set up using a fixed
IP.

Donald


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