option81

[Danny Mayer]

At 06:34 PM 10/13/03, Kevin Darcy wrote:
>Danny Mayer wrote:
>
> >At 06:17 PM 10/12/03, Situ, Kevin wrote:
> >
> >
> >> 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?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I have no idea what option81 is
> >
>It's a proposed DHCP option which allows a DHCP server to tell the
>client what its FQDN is.

...and therefore the question belongs in the DHCP forum and not here. It's
not a DNS question.

Danny

> >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.
> >
> >
>- Kevin
>