[NTLUG:Discuss] linux dhcp client and microsoft dhcp server

[Jack Snodgrass]

I can use a linux dhcp client to allocat an IP Address 
from a windows DHCP server. 
Say my machine name is linuxserver and the ip address 
I get is 172.16.14.11. 

I have a windows box and use DHCP to get a ip address
and my windows box get 172.16.14.12 and it's name is 
windowsbox. 

Now... from linux or windows, I can do a 
ping windowsbox and it resolves the name to the 
ip address and everything is fine. If I do 
ping linuxserver, I get host not found. 

So... somehow the windows DHCP client/server are 
exchanging the hostname of the client and updating 
a DNS ( or windns ) entry on the windows server. 

Is there a easy way to have this same functionality
with a linux dhcp client and windows dhcp/dns server? 

I know that there are dynamic dns servers for linux
and other linux server approaches, but I'm here at 
work and I want to integrate into the windows 
servers they use at work. 

Thanks - jack