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Internal DNS on LAN

Hey,

We've got lots of home computers connected to an Astaro V7 and would like to have them recognize each other by computer name (so sharing will be possible).

However, trying to ping a computer by computer name doesn't resolve the IP.
Is there a way to configure the device to make the DNS work with the DHCP so we could use sharing by hostnames?

Thanks
mule

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0 eganders_01 over 18 years ago

Do you have WINS running? Try enabling it.

Also, add each of the other computers to each others hosts file.
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0 mule over 18 years ago in reply to eganders_01

How do I enable WINS?

There are around 300 computers, and they aren't connected to an AD so modifying the hosts file isn't an option.
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0 mule over 18 years ago in reply to eganders_01

How do I enable WINS?

There are around 300 computers, and they aren't connected to an AD so modifying the hosts file isn't an option.
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0 Arthur.Bommele over 18 years ago in reply to mule

Would recommend a crash course in Security 101 before rethinking enabling sharing between 300 home computers.
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0 mule over 18 years ago in reply to Arthur.Bommele

It's already enabled, but works only by IP and not by hostname.
It's ok, the security is fine.
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0 mule over 18 years ago in reply to mule

Let me try to explain again please.

The Astaro is the DHCP server - it holds the IPs and MACs of every computer anyway.
The Astaro is also the DNS - it acts as a proxy (DynDNS) for all the computers.

Why can't he (as a DNS) preform a check in the DHCP table and only then go to the DNS server?

Please correct me if I'm wrong.
What need to be done in order to make it work?

Thanks all in advance.
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0 johnjobst over 18 years ago in reply to mule

Is your "real" DNS server able to handle DHCP updating of DNS entries? If so, then configure the PCs to update the DNS server when they get configured by DHCP.
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