[K12OSN] DNS....not quite understanding it.....

[David Trask]

Hi all,

Here's the set up.  I have all my servers on the same network.  I have an
SME server (proxy) (E-Smith 6.01) for my gateway/firewall...etc.  This
server also run DNS.  I have a server (squidward) that does nothing but
DHCP (and maybe DNS....part of my question).  And then I have my
Samba-LDAP server (spongebob) and my K12LTSP server (k12ltsp) as well.  I
have "reserved" or static IP assignments in my dhcpd.conf file on the
machine serving DHCP (squidward).  I also have names and IP's set up in
the hostnames and addresses section of the SME server (proxy).  My
question....

since I have the names entered into the SME server and I know they
work....(I tested it by changing the option for name server in my
dhcpd.conf file to point to the SME server instead of the DHCP server aka
squidward)  do I even need to bother with running named on the DHCP server
(squidward)?  Will this affect my K12LTSP server at all?  Doesn't seem to
thus far.  Yet now I seem to be able to resolve the names of my printers. 
Any advice...appreciated....   :-)

David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
(207)923-3100