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Michael
Asked: 2014-05-01 09:47:35 +0800 CST

Windows Server DNS with non-Windows (Linux, Mac) Computers [duplicate]

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How do I get my non-Windows (Linux, Mac) computers to properly register their IP address into my DNS server?

Server Name: AD1 OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 Roles: DNS, AD, DHCP

DNS SETTINGS
Dynamic Updates: Secure Only

DHCP SETTINGS
Checked - Enable DNS dynamic updates according to the settings below. Always dynamically update DNS records.

Checked - Discard A and PTR records when lease is deleted

Disabled - Name Protection

I've tried setting a DNS dynamic update registration credential user and then added that user to DNSUpdateProxy.

However, when I connect a Mac/Linux computer to the network, it'll get an IP from the DHCP server, but it will not add it's IP into the DNS. I cannot add these computers to the Windows domain.

I've searched around but can't seem to find a definitive solution. Any ideas?

EDIT
I changed from secure only to unsecure and secure to see if it would resolve the problem. It does not.

EDIT
Okay so I look at my DHCP logs here is what I see:

10,04/30/14,12:15:52,Assign,10.10.3.58,m-pro.domain.local,28GFE112B263, 11,04/30/14,12:16:19,Renew,10.10.3.58,m-pro.domain.local,28GFE112B263, 11,04/30/14,12:16:36,Renew,10.10.3.58,m-pro.domain.local,28GFE112B263, 11,04/30/14,12:16:53,Renew,10.10.3.58,m-pro.domain.local,28GFE112B263,

The first number indicates the Event ID.

10 A new IP address was leased to a client.
11 A lease was renewed by a client.
30 DNS update request to the named DNS server
31 DNS update failed
32 DNS update successful

On Windows clients you'll see something like this:

30,04/30/14,10:14:38,DNS Update Request,50.3.10.10,court.domain.local,,
11,04/30/14,10:14:38,Renew,10.10.3.50,court.domain.local,8CA9830B1060,
32,04/30/14,10:14:38,DNS Update Successful,10.10.3.50,court.domain.local,,
30,04/30/14,10:14:43,DNS Update Request,50.3.10.10,court.domain.local,,

So it looks like the DHCP doesn't even initiate and update request to the DNS server.

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1 Answers

  1. DHCP | Expand Server | Right-Click IPv4 | Properties

    DNS Tab | Check "Dynamically update DNS records for DHCP clients that do not request updates (for example, clients running Windows NT 4.0)

    That was the key to making this work.

    I went ahead and set back Dynamic updates to Secure only in the DNS settings and my non-Windows clients are still able to update the DNS records. I also removed the created user "DNS dynamic update registration credential user" and it's still working.

    Here is what my log looks like:

    30,04/30/14,15:17:20,DNS Update Request,58.3.10.10,m-pro.domain.local,, 11,04/30/14,15:17:20,Renew,10.10.3.58,m-pro.domain.local,28GFE112B263, 32,04/30/14,15:17:20,DNS Update Successful,10.10.3.58,m-pro.domain.local,,

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