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Title: Dynamic DNS Updating
Post by: Walter Padgett on August 26, 2003, 07:47:37 AM

Good Evening,

Isn't there a contrib out there that allows the dns service of SME to be dynamically updated much like the Win 2k dns services? I did a search but all I found was information concerning the free dns services like dyndns.org out in the forum.

A penny for your thoughts,

Wally

P.S. Another southern word, sensous - Honey, sensous up get me a cold one.

Title: Re: Dynamic DNS Updating
Post by: Ed on August 26, 2003, 07:53:10 AM

Try looking at the numerous list of clients on www.dyndns.org

I am using ddclient, which will work with most of the dynamic dns services and most of the router configurations. It's fairly easy to set up, too.

Rgds
Ed

Title: Re: Dynamic DNS Updating
Post by: Alan Stevens on August 26, 2003, 08:19:49 AM

Do you mean that you want dhcp to make a dns entry when it assigns an IP?  If so, then I think this is what you want:

http://www.lordsfam.net/downloads/production/dhcp/

From the site:
"Latest version of dhcp daemon. Allows dynamic update to dns server as clients refresh leases. Many thanks to Filippo Carletti for putting the integration piece together. I have updated the e-smith module to confirm to and work with SME v5.6 "

Cheers,

Alan--

Title: Re: Dynamic DNS Updating
Post by: Michiel Blotwijk on August 26, 2003, 04:49:50 PM

I think we're confusing things here:

- If you want to assign a domainname to the dynamic IP address from your ISP (external interace) you'll need a client like sme-ddclient (http://www.e-smith.dyndns.org/).

- If you're running dhcp on your LAN and want to update your DNS with the hostnames of your clients, you'll need dhcp version 3 (http://www.lordsfam.net/downloads/production/dhcp/).

Both contribs work great!

Michiel