From: "Jon" <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com>
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Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] Installing rc7 on T61

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:59:54 -0400 Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
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>Alternatively, you may query your local DNS box (many DHCP-serving 
>"routers" do local DNS), by using either nslookup or dig 

Lewis:

Thanks for HOSTS tip.

I'm not using local DNS.  My dhcp is from IJFW, where the dhcp server sup=
plies the dns that I 
input, so technically, I guess I could run BIND and point to that (more e=
ffort than I wish to make 
so probably never will install Bind).  I just point to my ISP's DNS.

With static IP, the connections log of IJFW translates the ip to the host=
name from the HOSTS file.  
Apparently I can't do something similar with dhcp.  Since there are so fe=
w hosts here it really 
doesn't matter, I was curious because I figured a large organization revi=
ewing log files might want 
to know which host assigned a specific IP.

>You need to have a local domain name configured in the box for this to w=
ork, however, or it will 
>not understand the -d request. 

Explains why I never had much luck when I played with dig.  ;-)

jon