[PLUG] dhcp and /etc/hosts

[Bill Spears]

On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 11:02, AthlonRob wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 10:49, Bill Spears wrote:
> > OK, when I used static   addresses instead of dhcp, a simple /etc/hosts
> > file let me move about my giant network.  How does this work with dhcp?
> > I hope this  doesn't mean I have to run DNS.
> 
> How giant is that network?
When you keep the hosts file in your head, it doesn't have to too big.
> 
> The way I handled moving over from a network of static IPs to DHCP is...
> assigning the static IPs via DHCP, assigned by MAC address.  :-)
> 

I just discovered from Paul's file how to give all the old guys their
old IPs.

> I think, however, you'd find running bind with a local zone would be
> worthwhile.  It isn't difficult to set up and gives you a little bit
> more flexibility... no messing around with 50 /etc/hosts files.  You
> make a change in one place and it is changed everywhere.
> 
> There's another way to handle this... the ddns stuff... I haven't gotten
> in to that yet, although I hope to shortly.  Perhaps I'll try that stuff
> out during spring break.  :-)
> 
> Rob
> 
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