[Tfug] LAN hostnames

[tfug@tfug.org]

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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