[SGVLUG] Naming Internet-in-a-Box service with DHCP

[Matthew Campbell]

Run named on the box with only the one entry.

DCHP on the box gives your box as the primary name server and its gateway
and a known internet server (I use 8.8.8.8) as the backup.  Installation
and configuration has grown very straightforward compared to what it was in
the '80s.

Matt

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On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Braddock <braddock at braddock.com> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> Thanks for allowing me to present and experiment on you last week with the
> Internet-in-a-Box.
>
> I have a question for the group.
>
> The Wired Internet-in-a-Box device is a Debian NAS (hacked Seagate GoFlex
> Home) running a web server.
>
> I want the install procedure on a network with an existing DHCP server to
> look like:
>
> 1) Plug into power
> 2) Plug into wired ethernet port
> 3) Turn on
> 4) From a web browser on any other computer or device on the network go to
> http://knowledge and access the device
>
> This setup must be easy, I don't want the end user to have to configure a
> static IP.
>
> How can I achieve this?
>
> On my DD-WRT WRT54G it provides a name server proxy and picks up on the
> hostname when the DHCP request is made and resolves DNS queries for it.
>  But this is fragile, and some devices don't seem to work.
>
> Would I be able to cover most devices by using nmbd?  Is mdns well
> supported?
>
> Ideas?  Advice?
>
> Thanks,
> Braddock
>
>
>
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