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Linux DHCP and DNS in a Windows network

Asked by jpmcgrath in Linux Networking

Tags: linux, dns, dhcp, windows

I am setting up a number of Linux systems on a Windows network.  In the past, I have done this with small networks, where editing the host files on each system was practical.  Now I need to configure the systems to use the Windows DHCP and DNS servers.

During the installation (Red Hat 9), I told the install to automatically configure both DHCP and DNS.  As I understand it, the systems should do the following during startup:

1) Find the DHCP server, obtain an IP address from it, and configure the network interface with that IP address.

2) Find the DNS server so that it can be used to resolve domain names.

3) Pass the system's name and the assigned IP address to the DNS server so that other systems can connect to the system using that name.

The first two parts seem to work correctly.  The Linux boxes obtain an IP address and configure themselves during startup.  The Linux boxes also are able to resolve the domain names of other systems on the network.

However, it seems that the DNS server is not being informed about the Linux system's name and IP address, so other systems cannot refer to the Linux systems by their symbolic names.

Does anyone know how to configure the system so that #3 also occurs?  I would also be interested to know what I should have done during the Red Hat 9 install to have this configured automatically, assuming that is possible.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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