DNS Resolution for DHCP Assigned Nodes?

[Danny Mayer]

		MetaInfo supported this in MetaIP I believe. (www.metainfo.com).  I used
  to work with them before they incorporated WINS support into their
product, but
  I haven't been in contact since they were bought.

				Danny

At 11:17 AM 9/19/00 +0100, Tom Horan wrote:
>Yes that is why MS invented WINS.
>You can use Dynamic DNS with DHCP. This will update your DNS server from you
>DHCP leases file.
>
>If you run MS DNS (not recomended) you can put in a WINS resource record.
>The clients register with WINS, then when you lookup via your DNS the DNS
>will ask WINS does it know about them and give you the answer.
>
>I think there is also a commercial version of BIND which supports this WINS
>resource record. I forget who they are though...
>
>
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>"Tony" <tony at my.isp.net> wrote in message
>news:JgVv5.7364$6f1.519671 at bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> If local nodes get their IP addresses from a DHCP server, does that mean
>> that their host names are not resolveable via DNS?  If so, is that why
>> Microsoft invented WINS and is it the only solution?
>>
>> Tony
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