[Tfug] LAN hostnames

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I should clarify what I said in my other post. You won't really need DNS
unless you want to run your own caching name server or host services for
which you have a domain bound to.
Jon


> Are you still using NAT and DHCP? If so then just statically assign
> your boxes and IP outside the DHCP range but still in the correct
> subnet. If al your boxes will be needing statially assigned IP's then I
> would disable DHCP.
> Then put your entries in /etc/hosts. No need to bother with DNS until
> you're ready to run your own name servers for the purpose of running
> services from those boxes.
> Jon
>
>
>>
>> This might not be exactly what you were looking for, but you could run
>> something like the following then extract the pertinent information
>> with  a little C++ app which would append the IP and hostname to your
>> /etc/hosts file.
>>
>> ~
>> Wazzup? nmap -sP 10.0.0.* -oM outputfile.txt
>>
>> Starting nmap V. 2.53 by fyodor@insecure.org ( www.insecure.org/nmap/
>> ) Host foo.skullbocks.lin (10.0.0.1) appears to be up.
>> Host  (10.0.0.2) appears to be up.
>> Nmap run completed -- 256 IP addresses (2 hosts up) scanned in 5
>> seconds
>>
>> ~
>> Wazzup? less outputfile.txt
>> # Nmap (V. nmap) scan initiated 2.53 as: nmap -sP -oM outputfile.txt
>> 10.0.0.*
>> Host: 10.0.0.1 (foo.skullbocks.lin)     Status: Up
>> Host: 10.0.0.2 ()       Status: Up
>> # Nmap run completed at Tue Sep 17 04:20:47 2002 -- 256 IP addresses
>> (2
>>  hosts up
>> ) scanned in 5 seconds
>>
>> There's probably a better way, but mine is interesting enough that I'd
>> do it myself if I had the time and a similar problem.
>>
>>
>> Paul Scott wrote:
>>> Paul Scott wrote:
>>>
>>>> Since moving from fixed local IP's to getting them from my Actiontec
>>>> DSL gateway I have lost the ability to look up the local host names
>>>> that used to come from the fixed entries in '/etc/hosts'.
>>>>
>>>> BIND is installed.  named is running.  I have read the man pages
>>>> that
>>>>  I have found and the DNS HOWTO.
>>>
>>>
>>> I see that I haven't read the DNS HOWTO well enough and I will do
>>> that
>>>  and I would still appreciate hints.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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