DHCP server to handle hostname.
Simon Hobson
dhcp1 at thehobsons.co.uk
Fri Sep 23 06:59:38 UTC 2016
durwin at mgtsciences.com wrote:
> I have some embedded devices with minimal OS. I am not sure the DHCP client has compiled ability to send hostname. I have seen this used while searching for help on this subject.
>
> host e2rb_004 {
> option host-name "e2rb_004";
> ddns-hostname "e2rb_004";
> hardware ethernet 00:10:60:31:b2:a0;
> fixed-address 172.23.93.38;
> }
>
>
> This does not add the hostname in DNS.
Are you aware that host statements with fixed addresses don't follow the same path as dynamic leases ? SO there is no lease structure generated, and the server never expires it, and so normal DDNS actions don't occur ?
> update-static-leases on;
This will trigger a DDNS insert/update every time the client leases the address. However, because there is no lease for the server to expire, it will never remove the DNS entry.
If you don't need a static address, I believe you can just omit the fixed-address declaration. The client will then get a dynamic address assignment, and DDNS will work properly (the entries being deleted when teh lease expires).
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