Can't seem to get ns_update to work...

[Ben Kosse]

I believe you are correct, it's the WINS server combined with DHCP that
handles dynamic names under NT4.

DHCP hands out an IP address.
When DNS queries a name or IP, it first looks in its cache, static names,
and any necessary forwarders.
If that fails, DNS will (if configured) query the WINS server which first
looks in it's database.
If that fails, WINS sends out a broadcast query and this is answered by
whatever NetBIOS box thinks it's the appropriate machine.

Hope that helps.

> > I'm new to the group, so new the FAQ hasn't turned up in 
> the posts I can
> > access yet.
> > Anyway, I have a Windows NT4 SP4 as a DHCP server and I was 
> hoping it
> would
> > issue ns_updates to the primary DNS, but unfortunately, it 
> refuses. I have
> > an "allow-update" in named.conf with the IP-address of the 
> DHCP server.
> 
> I'm no expert on the Microsoft DHCP Server, but I thought 
> that the DHCP
> server in Windows NT didn't send dynamic updates.  The one in Windows
> 2000 does.