Re: DNS serrver update via client?

Buckaroo_Banzi writes:
> So the concept, if I understand it correctly, is that DHCP can be a DNS
> server where it assigns the IP addresses to the clients. Does that mean
> that it has all the functionality of a DNS server? I will still need the
> ability to resolve external names.

You install both a DHCP server and a suitable DNS server. The DHCP server
updates the DNS server. Look at RFC2136.

There may be other ways to achieve your goal, though.
--
John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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