<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Why did you decide to do it that way--like, what does that buy you? And where do you keep track of them--manual entries in the DNS server? In my case (pfSense) the DNS & DHCP are integrated so an entry in DHCP auto-updates DNS.<br><br>Scott<div><br><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"leam hall via Ale" <ale@ale.org><br><b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale@ale.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, March 19, 2018 12:17:55 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] Multi-label names<br><br>Only use static IPs, except for phones and such.<br><br>On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 12:14 PM, Scott Plante via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<br>> Do you/others set static IPs on boxes these days, other than the DHCP server<br>> and/or firewall itself? I was taught to make pretty much everything DHCP,<br>> and just set a static reservation in the DHCP server for the boxes where you<br>> don't want the addresses to change. That way, you have one place to manage<br>> all the addresses.<br>><br>> --<br>> Scott Plante<br>> 404-873-0058 x104<br>><br>><br>> ________________________________<br>> From: "DJ-Pfulio via Ale" <ale@ale.org><br>> To: ale@ale.org<br>> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 9:36:51 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [ale] Multi-label names<br>><br>> I don't have any answers.<br>><br>> First, Ubuntu/debian doesn't use /etc/sysconfig/ anything. That's a<br>> RHEL-family thing, I think.<br>><br>> Running a non-LTS is crazy, IMHO. In 17.10, network setups changed.<br>> They've added a new middleman - beyond resolvconf. NetPlan is the name.<br>> Sorry, I haven't looked at it at all, since no LTS has it.<br>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MigratingToNetplan might be helpful. Someone<br>> decided that yaml is easier than the interfaces file.<br>><br>> I purge all network manager stuff and either have static IPs or use DHCP<br>> reservations from the network DHCP server. Find it is easier for my<br>> needs. I understand that network manager is better now than when it was<br>> when I had all sorts of issues with it.<br>><br>> I've also found that purging avahi is helpful. It gets in the middle of<br>> name resolution stuff - I usually see issues with samba that are solved<br>> by NOT having avahi installed.<br>><br>> But I really don't know anything.<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Ale mailing list<br>> Ale@ale.org<br>> https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br>https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></div><br></div></div></body></html>