On Sunday 20 May 2007, Philippe Lamalice wrote:
> You can add a DNS mapping to the DNS server. This will allow you to
> use DHCP on your client but still have a fixed address for that
> interface.

Okay, I Googled and didn't get a good answer, except for hits on reverse 
DNS mapping.  Is there another name for this, is it something so 
obvious that a self taught person must have missed it, or could you 
give me a quick summary?

My best guess is that I can set the DNS to always take a certain address 
and redirect it to a specific system no matter what address the DHCP 
has given that system?

And since you're suggesting this, does that mean m0n0wall can't use host 
names?

Hal

> Hal Vaughan wrote:
> > I may be making changes to the DNS on my LAN.  I've noticed that
> > m0n0wall asks for the IP address for systems using NAT or in any
> > kind of tunnelling.  Does m0n0wall have to work with addresses?  If
> > I switch my DNS to use DHCP for the systems on my LAN, can I still
> > forward ports to specific machines by specifying them by hostname
> > instead of IP address?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Hal
> >
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