Brian Debelius wrote: > Jerry Amundson wrote: >> On 4/3/07, Bill Szkotnicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> In our case the main computing services centre insists upon dynamic >>> IP's for all workstations. >>> >> The issue is DNS, which DHCP and/or the PC should be updating >> automatically using DDNS standards. >> >> Have you checked from the Windows command prompt? >> "ipconfig /all" shows the Host Name, then "nslookup Host_Name" >> >> jerry >> >> > > I'm confused. Why can't you just use the fully qualified domain name of > the windows computer? When a windows computer gets a new ip from dhcp, > it updates the dns automatically. > > brian >
Not all DHCP servers do that. If its a windows DHCP and DNS server, they integrate by default. In the case of some small stand-alone DHCP servers, it's impossible. Same goes for some IT staff in my experience. In this case, you have to help yourself. /johan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
