i've lost track of this conversation, but i want to add some raw data. > (2) propagate updates to my DNS servers so lookup-by-name works. > > This is important. As long as this isn't true, DHCP is useless for servers. isc dhcpd and isc bind cooperate in the way you're describing, and as far as i know there's an RFC that describes this cooperation. in any case it's in general use in enterprise networks, but less so in isp's and soho's. -- Paul Vixie _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf