tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928198048296063917.post1674101196662208059..comments2023-05-22T02:54:16.404-07:00Comments on Paul's Time Sink: Internal DNSPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459304710362963053noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928198048296063917.post-85488010335626966062005-07-24T19:21:00.000-07:002005-07-24T19:21:00.000-07:00I was doing some troubleshooting on a friends smal...I was doing some troubleshooting on a friends small home/office network, and noticed a similar thing.<br>He just has a Mac, a PC and an ADSL Modem/router, that does DHCP. Because he didn't have static IP addresses, the computers were unable to hold onto SMB connections for longer than a couple of days (which I later worked out to be the expiry time for the DHCP lease).<br>What I didn't realise, until after working for about 1 1/2 hours, was that the modem also did DNS, and automatically added an entry for a machine that asked for a DHCP address with whatever that machine thinks it should be called.<br>So, instead of having to try 10.0.0.x a heap of times, or use a static IP address, he just needed to remember that the PC was called 'Stephen' , and the Mac was called 'Robert', or something similar.<br>So, I could have saved heaps of time, just by trying a hostname (not fully qualified, but) rather than screwing around with DNS settings, DCHP leases and hostname files.Matt Schinckelhttp://schinckel.netnoreply@blogger.com