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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] DNS dynamic update
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:29:35 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a20e7201236cf4f4e3ac770bfe1a90f1@ladd.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3da983c45dd8818f1035f91f92574888@quintile.net>

> FWIW there is another weirdness of windows, the windows DHCP server doesn't
> communicate with the DNS server on windows, it expects the client to send an
> Inform packet to the DHCP server telling it of the clients chosen name.

i guess that's the great thing about standards — there are so
many to ignore.

i haven't had a lick of trouble supporting windows clients with
plan 9 dhcp/dns.  no one ever asked about short names.

- erik



      reply	other threads:[~2010-03-18 14:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-17 21:43 Benjamin Huntsman
2010-03-17 22:15 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2010-03-17 22:50   ` Benjamin Huntsman
2010-03-17 23:35     ` Steve Simon
2010-03-18 14:29       ` erik quanstrom [this message]

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