Why not make IPCop the name server for the local machines? The last time I used it that was an option. Jack On Friday 24 September 2004 03:45 pm, rbentz at dunwoody.edu wrote: > How about setting up a Name server? BIND or Windoze has recursive > ability, which means you point your client to the local name server for > resolution and then point your name server to IPCop. The name server > will resolve local names and use the IPCop machine as root hint to > resolve others. > The downside is incoming queries, from outside or the red network. I'm > not sure how that would be setup. > --OR-- > Setup a hosts file with all the names and periodically copy it down to > the clients. > > I am assuming that you are simply trying to get name resolution to work, > correct? > > --Rob > > > DHCP works better if I DON'T assign MAC addresses to IPs. > > > > Charlie O wrote: > > > Rick, > > > > > > I'm pretty sure that what you need to do, is associate specific mac > > > addresses with specific ip addresses for ipcop to make the > > connection. > > > > Since IPCop is doing DHCP ( ie, assigning IP addresses), you can't > > > guarantee that each machine will always get the same IP. You need > > > static IP assignment for those machines, to associate them with a > > host > > > > name. > > ><CUT> > > > Charlie Obert > > > > > > On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:37:30 -0500, Rick Meyerhoff > > <rick at eworld3.net> > > > wrote: > > >>I am trying to get my IPCop box working. It is doing DHCP but it > > does > > > >>not seem to be getting the host names from the machines on my > > network. > > <CUT> > > > >>Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff > > > > -- > > Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Jack Ungerleider jack at jacku.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list