Re: managing multiple machines

["nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org>]

hanasaki said:
> Is there some way to have:
>
> - Machine is assigned a DHCP <random> IP
> - Use the MAC to map to a hostname and then push the assigned IP
> into  Bind with the hostname?

i don't know how you'd use the MAC to map to a hostname. you
can use it to map to an ip ..but how would you determine the
hostname ?

others mentioned there is dynamic dns, i don't know the
technical info on how it works other then i don't like it.
i have my zone files formatted for my own easy reading,
wouldn't want something switching things around. a couple
of my zone files are 1,000+ lines .....

i personally like static ips. they work best for unix/linux.
i have my isp assign me 8 ips. and at the office i have
2 routed /27 subnets 1 for each of my 2 t1s.

nate