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Authored by: benoitc on Dec 04, '02 02:03:33AM

This solution is good if you have 1 or 2 machines on your wlan because you need to setup each machine. And with this solution you should change the configuration on your laptop when you want to access to your wbserver outside.So a DNS Server is, to my mind, the best solution to do it.



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Authored by: see on Dec 04, '02 06:07:04AM

you set it up in netinfo on one machine and just import the info over netinfo to other machines...there is _no_ reason to set up bind for this. that it's useful to have bind set up anyways is beside the point, it's not imho an appropriate solution for this problem.



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Authored by: benoitc on Dec 04, '02 06:25:25AM

If you have a laptop, netinfo isn't a good solution, it's easier to add a DNS server to your connection profile than to change netinfo data each time you change your network.



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netinfo not sufficient when your machines roam
Authored by: VHDLBigot on Dec 04, '02 06:56:09AM

Exactly right! That was exactly the problem I had. I could have used Netinfo, but my iBook roamed back and forth from home to work. So it was inside and outside the router. Using Netinfo and hardcoding 10.0.1.xx for the local addresses would make the webserver inaccessible when using my laptop from the outside. I was looking for a clean DHCP/DNS solution so that the iBook solution what automatically adjust depending on it's location.



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Authored by: see on Dec 04, '02 12:57:32PM

what i mean is:
set up all the netinfo on the server you have the webserver on (or some other machine on the lan). this machine exports it's info.
the laptop is setup to lookup in the server above.
there is no difference in how it will work, except that netinfo is running anyway, and setting up bind for this trivial problem is overkill imho.
and for macusers in general it would be easier adding hosts in netinfo than setting up bind.
and since netinfo is set to answer before dns by default its a better choice, otherwise you must have your local ns always first in your setup and will produce chatter och your workplace :)

anyways its a nice little "tutorial" how to easily set up bind...



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