XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2017-04-13 23:54, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> [...]   
   >> We are talking here of a DHCP server in a home router that tells the DNS   
   >> server on the same home router which IP it has just assigned to a device   
   >> so that the name matches, and of course, it has to be configurable.   
   >>   
   >> We are not talking of a separate DNS server.   
   >>   
   >> The purpose is that any machine in the network can talk to any other   
   >> machine in the network by using its name (and running any operating   
   >> system, of course).   
   >>   
   >> If your router does that, show the photos and post the make and model so   
   >> that we can read its manual, and we can consider buying that fantastic   
   >> machine for use at home, so it must also be cheap. Under 60 euros.   
   >   
   > If you're in the market for one, a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter ER-X is under 70   
   > USD, and can do this.  By default, it doesn't, but it can be enabled   
   > pretty easily.   
      
   Thanks, but I can not replace the ISP provided router. The configuration   
   is complex, not documented, and they change it remotely now and then. It   
   also handles the phone (via hidden VoIp) and the fibre TV. Too risky.   
      
   If I wanted, I would disable the dhcp server on the router and handle it   
   myself on my server instead with a dnsmasq daemon. Not worth the hassle,   
   though. Instead I use fixed IPs and defined DNS entries in my bind server.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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