Re: having DHCP use name server from PPP connection?
Daniel B. wrote:
Can dhcpd be configured to pass on (to DHCP clients on a local,
private (NATted) network) the DHCP server machine's current domain
name server addresses (given to the machine by PPP (etc.))?
What happens when your server's current name server changes before the
DHCP lease expires?
I see how to hard-code name servers in /etc/dhcpd.conf with the
domain-name-servers statement.
However, I don't yet see how to have dhcpd report whichever name
servers are listed in /etc/resolve.conf (put there by PPP's
/etc/dhcpd.conf).
(What does dhcpd give to clients if there is no domain-name-servers
statement? The documentation I've seen (dhcpd, dhcpd.conf manual
pages; Sarge version) doesn't seem to say.)
It probably does not give anything.
One possible solution to your problem is to run one of the several
caching name servers like pdnsd or dnsmasq on your DHCP server and pass
on your DHCP servers lan IP as the DNS server IP to the clients.
Another solution is to use a public DNS server or to run your own DNS.
Thanks,
Daniel
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