On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 02:59:38PM -0700, Rick Kelly wrote:
> The parameter "ddns-update-style" does not give me a lot of confidence.
> 
> I have never used dhcp as I have 32 static addresses, but I need to set
> up a work laptop that is configured to use dhcp.

you can use 

  ddns-update-style none;

and configure fixed addresses for your clients like


        host worknotebook {
                hardware ethernet XX:XX:XX:XX;
                fixed-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
        }


Martin