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TCP/IP Network Basics 7
Agilent Connectivity Guide 185
Dynamic DNS Naming
Dynamic Domain Name System (Dynamic DNS) is a distributed database
of
hostnames and associated IP addresses on the Internet. All hostnames
on the Internet are divided into categories, called
domains, such as .com,
.edu, .org, etc. Dynamic DNS automatically provides hostnames and
domain names for devices on networks that support Dynamic DNS.
This figure shows a typical process for a DHCP Client to register a
hostname and a PTR (pointer) name via a DHCP Server.
If the registration process fails, the DHCP Client hostname may not be
assigned to the instrument. If you want to change the hostname after the
registration process initiated by the DHCP server, you will probably
need to cycle power on the instrument to re-initiate a DHCP request and
hostname registration attempt.