Strange DNS setup idea.. Need suggestions!

[Thoreau]

I have a feeling this post would be better suited for the Networking thread, but traffic in there is rather slow compared to OT, and i'm ADHD, so patience isn't my greatest virtue. =)

Anyway, I was posting back and forth on another forum on LAN parties trying to come up with a way to accomplish the following...

Ok, so you come to a LAN party, and the hosts have set up an Intranet page for guests. You just plugged in, received an IP/subnet/DNS server from the dhcp server. The LAN runs it's own DNS services to that guests can type in thigns like 'server.lan' for the intranet page, or UT.lan for the UT2K3 game server address.

The question: Can the system be set up so that when a guest opens up a web browser, the first thing they are sent to is that intranet page? I'm thinking maybe some setting in DNS so that on the first query from any given client, the DNS server returns the IP to the intranet server instead of the intended host (ie: their home page) and from then on, returns DNS queries normally.

This would be a WIN2k server that's running DNS, so that would be the preferable way.

I really appreciate any input anyone has on this, as it has about 10 people and myself all standing around scratching our heads.

 

[bunker]

Not going to happen. The default web page is set on the client and unless you have admin rights on everyone's boxes, you're not going to be able to change that.

 

[sharkeeper]

Not going to happen. The default web page is set on the client and unless you have admin rights on everyone's boxes, you're not going to be able to change that.

Unless you're running a domain and everyone joins with a policy set to invoke said changes. Not worth it for a party IMO!

Cheers!

 

[Ulfwald]

Maybe you could run a script that automatically sends a network message to each new client detected on the network. the message could tell them where to go for the web site.

 

[littleprince]

Just print out a bunch of signs.... Problem solved....

 

[Thoreau]

Well i wouldnt be editing anyting on the user's PC's, simply telling my dns server to take the first request that comes from any client, and returning an IP other than the one theyre looking for. I was HOPINg this could be at least semi-doable