FC13 DHCP or dnsmasq??

[tr1pl3x]

GUys im trying to setup a linux router w/in our network here in school, and i was using a fc13 as my linux router, i already setup iptables for linux masquerading.. i have a 20 winxp client connected to the said router with an internal ip of 192.168.0.1, on each client i manually configured all of the clients ip address.. i was wondering if i could use a dhcp server to ease the manual configuration.., i already installed a dhcp server. Note im a newbie, thus dhcp server will also provide dns resolution to winxp clients??,, on some thread that i read if the client is linux.. you will just need to add nameserver to the /etc/resolv.conf for each linux clients.. the clients that im using here is winxp, i was wondering if i could setup the server to distribute dns & also a dynamic ip to all the clients..

w/c 1 is better?? DCHP server or dnsmasq?? im a newbie to linux & i would really appreciate it if some one could help me regarding this matter.

sorry for my bad english.

tnx in advance!

[bodhi.zazen]

dnsmasq will do both, DNS, as the name implies, and DHCP

Here is an overview:

http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/149040

[tr1pl3x]

tnx for the info!

[stevea]

Yeah dnsmasq is a LOT easier to config and perfectly adequate for a small net (say ~50-100 systems.

If you setup the dhcp service of dnsmasq, then any leases granted are automatically added to the DNS service (assuming the client supplies a hostname). If can also just serve the fixed IP mapping. Dnsmasq can't handle dynamic dns entries made with the rfc2136? protocol, but that's mostly for router to router chatter.