[Samba] A records of computers in domain take long to update

[Luis Peromarta]

This works for me. YMMV.

http://samba.bigbird.es/doku.php?id=samba:update-dns
On 18 Aug 2024 at 21:09 +0200, Mikel Pérez via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>, wrote:
> Windows clients
> Sometimes it's not long and happens eventually but sometimes it's been
> hours since the computer was booted and the DNS records still point to
> their previous IP address and I have to go look for their current IP
> address on the router's status page to connect via RDP to them
> Hmph. So I'm at Microsoft's mercy here? Is there not a way to run a DHCP
> server on the samba DC and have that instantly update DNS records instead
> of waiting for the client computers to do it when they want?
>
> On Sat, 17 Aug 2024, 01:06 Rowland Penny via samba, <samba at lists.samba.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:57:32 -0600
> > Mikel Pérez via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> >
> > > hey there :) don't know why but it takes a while before I can reach
> > > computers in my AD network by their hostnames. I often have to end up
> > > looking for them at the router's status page (OpenWrt)
> > > is it because I'm letting the router be the DHCP server instead of my
> > > samba AD DC? if that's the case, how should I go on about setting the
> > > DC to be the DHCP server and how do I link it to samba? if it isn't,
> > > then what should I do so that the computers hostnames point to their
> > > IP addresses as soon as they're assigned to them by the router?
> > >
> > > thanks!!
> >
> > Are we talking Windows or Linux clients here ?
> > If Linux, then I am surprised that their DNS records are getting
> > updated in AD at all, as far as I am aware, there isn't any mechanism
> > to do this.
> > Windows clients are different, they can and do update their own AD DNS
> > records, whilst this might not be instantaneous, it isn't really long
> > either.
> >
> > Rowland
> >
> >
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