[TriLUG] DNS + Linux +Windows

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Tue May 27 22:17:54 EDT 2003


On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 17:06, Chris Hedemark wrote:

> > Just add the dns record and make a dhcp reservation.
> 
> Jim, there are a couple of few reasons why I wouldn't do it that way 
> (though it would work as long as the machine was not a portable):
> 1) It's more work.  Work smarter, not harder. ;)
> 2) It doesn't account for portable machines that move from network to 
> network.
> 3) Could equate to more maintenance overhead & hassle down the road if 
> he's moved to a new desk that's on a different subnet, or if the 
> network administrator needs to reduce his broadcast domain and add a 
> new subnet & IP range.
> 
> Just my $.02 but I tend to favor solutions that are more 
> self-maintaining.
> 
> But you're right; using a dhcp reservation and setting a static DNS 
> record would technically work.
> 
There are a couple of few reasons why I would do it that way

1) It's a trivial amount of setup work - one line in a config file (you
can auto-generate the arpa files)

2) It works great on your portable machines that move from network to
network and gives them a consistent Hostname/IP_address for use on your
network.  This can be very important to folks doing web work (or any
work that requires a consistent hostname) - and is especially important
if you have any real security and logging on your internal systems

3) Decreases your maintenance and overhead when you need to trace down
that errant user who is holding open files or causing network jabber.

my 2 cents too - Jon Carnes




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