DHCP question

[Arfst Braren]

 "Dan Shoop" wrote
> At 1:12 AM -0500 3/2/07, Richard Peskin wrote:
...
> 
> You could also still use dynamically assigned IP addresses and do
> Dynamic DNS for those hosts that need addressed by specific name.
Not trivial but best!
Avoid Microsoft DNS servers they have problems keeping the  ReverseLookup
upToDate.
> 
> However the entire problem is generally mooted by zeroconfig /
> bonjour. You can just use .local addresses
> 
That's slower because clients use MDNS instead of DNS protocol

>>  (I'm moving to an ADSL broadband and for some reason, things don't
>> work well unless all the stations on the LAN sharing the NAT are set
>> up to get their addresses from a DHCP server.)
> 
> That sounds very dubious.
> 
> If so why not get a different / better NAT appliance. They come free
> with breakfast cereal these days.
> 
> You can also reflash many of them with better firmware.
Has anyone experience with DynamicDNS and OpenWRT ?



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