DHCP, DNS and Linksys router

kahman · 07-19-2006, 01:51 PM

So, I have a Linksys router that is doing DHCP for me. I want to be able to use the local machine names (there are multiple machines on the home side of the router). I have tried to install DNS on a linux box (FC 4) but that isn't doing the job. As I understand it, it needs to be updated by the Linksys router, no?

I do not want the linux box to be the dhcp daemon, sorry. Any ideas?

pljvaldez · 07-19-2006, 03:40 PM

You can setup static routing and put the host names and IP addresses into each machine's /etc/hosts file.

Or depending on the model of router, some of the linksys routers do "Static" DHCP. Mine allows me to input a hostname, MAC address, and IP address so that each machine always gets the same IP from the router. All the clients still use DHCP, but they always get the same IP. And then you can just use the hostnames because the router will look them up in its table for you...

kahman · 07-19-2006, 05:16 PM

Thanks, but I think going to static routing defeats the purpose. The issue is not the assignment of IP addresses, rather the issue is how to make it so new machines on the network can access existing resources without having to update /etc/hosts on every *ix box (n.b. not all machines are *ix boxes). Also, the router doesn't lookup names! If it did, I'd be home already...