option81

[Kevin Darcy]

Danny Mayer wrote:

>At 06:17 PM 10/12/03, Situ, Kevin wrote:
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>> If I want to have DHCP client(XP/win2k desktop) do FQDN dynamic update
>>(forward zone only) instead of DHCP server.  Does option81 support it and
>>how?
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>I have no idea what option81 is 
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It's a proposed DHCP option which allows a DHCP server to tell the 
client what its FQDN is.

>but why would you want the DHCP client to
>do dynamic updates rather than the DHCP server where it really belongs
>and is much more secure? What do you mean by "forward zone only"?
>
I think the original poster meant "forward zone" as opposed to "reverse 
zone" (which is also typically updated at the time the DHCP lease is 
given out), rather than a zone of type "forward"

>You can only update the master of the zone, forwarders have nothing to
>do with it.
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- Kevin