That's what I suspected you were doing, and the solution to your problem is assign static IP addresses! Servers should always have a static IP address for that very reason, so you can easily connect to the services they maybe providing. Now my next dum question. why are you running multiple servers with each providing a different service? Or at least that's my understanding of your reply. At 12:48 12/14/03, you wrote: >I have them set up with hostnames so it's easy to connect to whatever >server each box may be running, ssh, ftp, etc. >On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at >11:49:13AM -0500, Allan Shaw wrote: > > > > Okay, why does each of your machines have a host name in the DNS? > > What service or services are you running on these machines which would > > require this type of configuration? > > > > At 11:31 12/14/03, you wrote: > > >Hello all. > > >each of the machines on my lan have a hostname assigned via dns. what I > > >want to do is have their Ip's changed in the dns records when dhcpd > > >hands them out a new one. is there any way to do this automatically like > > >a dynamic dns system? > > > > > >-- > > >Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > > >back. > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >-- >Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid >back. > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
