I actually told Samba at setup to act as a Wins server. I have my Astaro firewall DHCP telling my clients that Enoch is the Wins server. That's all i did though. i did not setup or tweak anything else yet as i wanted to get DNS setup. Bryan J. Smith wrote: > William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> > wrote: > >>Everyone knows my issues that i am having in terms of >>reverse lookup so the windows clients won't freak. I >>have decided to switch focus..as it seemed to make sense. >>I am now looking to setup a full DNS server for my internal >>network. > > > This is probably best. > > If you're using Samba, you should probably setup WINS with > the same server as a WINS-to-DNS proxy as fallback. > > >>Everything is actually set statically via DHCP >>using MAC addresses.(see attached jpeg). >>Do i have to manually enter every machine or can the dns >>populate the names and ips via dhcp? > > > You can setup BIND 9 (and some 8.x versions?) to do > Dynamic DNS (DDNS). Windows clients should attempt to > register their names in the DDNS server by default. > > > -- My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. -- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape" CDTT (Certified Duct Tape Technician) Linux user #322099 Machines: 206822 256638 276825 http://counter.li.org/