Providing host names via private IP addresses / DHCP
Shashank Bhide
bhides at gmail.com
Thu Dec 16 18:02:32 UTC 2004
Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> I've got a machine currently running Fedora Core 1, and over the
> semester break I want upgrade it to FC3, and also get the machine
> to provide hostnames. Currenlty the machine has 9 ethernet ports,
> one connected to the college backbone, and the other 8 planned to
> go to 8 computer labs of 20 computer each. I have the DHCP setup
> to provide different blocks of IPs to each room off each port,
> 192.168.1.x thru 192.168.8.x, but the systems don't get host names.
> The IPtables configuration provides web access, and even the FTP
> with the ip_tables entries, but not the host name. I am just looking to
> get the machines to have names like host1-100 or similar. Right
> now, the labs connect directly to the backbone with no firewall, and
> get names like host73-196.guamcc.net.
>
> My primary lab currently has multi-boot machines with 98/XP/FC2 or
> FC3, currently 12 with FC3 and 8 with FC2.
>
> Thanks.
>
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>
You could set up a DNS server on the same system as your DHCP server. I
have a small help file that may interest you. I am attaching it herewith.
HTH,
Shashank
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