Some DNS servers support dynamic registration (called DDNS) but 1) the server has to be configured to support it, and 2) most non-Windows DNS servers are not so configured.
Usually it's a manual process. Summon a network admin -- they live for this stuff. David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates > > Now that my Linux partition is up, how do I get the external > > DNS server to > > know its name? The DNS chapter in SG24-4987 describes a lot > > about how DNS > > works and how to forward requests to our company's DNS server > > (in fact it > > looks like the installation process set that up after asking > > me for the IP > > address of the DNS server) - but it doesn't say how this > > host's name gets > > associated with its IP address in DNS. Is that a manual or automatic > > process? > > > > Tim Hare ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
