Allegedly, on or about 13 October 2014, bruce sent: > any step by steps you can point me to. > > ie, boxA with ipA is running mysql and has name boxA > > the dhcp of boxA might change day to day > > user on boxB wants to be able to get ip of boxA Does your unmanageable DHCP server do name resolution, as well? If so, then you can just use the client hostnames, already, without having to do anything else. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. ZNQR LBH YBBX -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org