>I want to have several machines, with Static IP addresses, but which 
>request and receive all their information (hostname, IP, gateway, etc.) 
>from DHCP at boot time, instead of getting it from local files. I also 
>want these hostnames to resolv through DNS.
>However, since the addresses are static, I'd prefer to not use Dynamic 
>DNS. I'd prefer the DNS server to be the authority on what IP is 
>associated with a particular hostname.

The DHCP tables store IP addresses rather than names; so you do store
the IP address and fix that onthe DHCP server.

>If I can I'd like to only tell the DHCP server what hostname is 
>associated with each MAC address, and have the DHCP server resolve the 
>hostname to an IP before sending a reply.

You can tell the IP address, not the name.

>Is that possible? I haven't seen anything in the documentation about it.
>
>Also for this static IP situation, do I want to setup 'permanent' or 
>'reserved' leases?

If the address can change, it cannot be a permanent lease.
If the addresses are static, then the lease can be permanent.

Casper
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