[DHCP] RE: Determining request

[Tim Gavin]

if BIND will do it, then tally-ho.  But if you're already running a
WINS or AD server, then it has WINS available.  Even if it's older,
it'll do the trick.  But, like Glen, I prefer an OSS solution if it
exists, and BIND will run on Fedora without breaking a sweat.

I think at this point we need more info on the OP's network, if the OP
is still around :)

Tim


On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 07:47, Rudy Zijlstra
<rudy at grumpydevil.homelinux.org> wrote:
> Glen R. J. Neff wrote:
>>
>> Rudy Zijlstra wrote:
>>>
>>> Jonathan Lassoff wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Your workstations should have no problem finding the servers across
>>>>> subnets
>>>>> using DNS.
>>>>
>>>> DNS can work for Active Directory I believe, but what if the users want
>>>> to use or want their "Network Neighborhood" stuff to work?
>>>> Sadly, I don't believe this uses DNS.
>>>
>>> That uses WINS, and WINS can handle multiple subnets. I'm doing that with
>>> samba based servers and different subnets in different physical locations.
>>> Works. Windows simply browses. It will help if DNS is setup correctly
>>> though.
>>
>> WINS is as obsolete as NT4.  Active Directory relies on Dynamic-DNS,
>> especially for clients on a different subnet than the resources they're
>> trying to reach.
>>
>> Bind works swimmingly with AD.  You need to allow the zone to update via
>> IP or subnet.  At a minimum you need to include the domain controllers and
>> your DHCP server, if you want it doing the registration.  If you want to
>> allow all clients to self-register, then you need to allow the subnets the
>> clients are on.
>>
>> -G
>>
> Agreed. But the OP may well be in the same situation i am. Mixed
> environment, no wish to spend lots of $$ on M$ environment and management,
> and small company. I do not know whether many small companies have AD
> implemented and active. I do know i have no wish to
> a/ spent the money on AD
> b/ the management hassle of maintaining it.
>
> I do admit i am not a MS systems manager, and have no wish to become one...
> Runing WINS gave me the features needed on my networks, even visitors have
> the features they need, no matter whether they are running w2k, XP, vista or
> W7.
>
> R. (from a network which is free of windows servers)
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