On Saturday 08 January 2005 20:58, Jan C. Nordholz wrote: > the only thing I can imagine is that the DHCP query gets matched against > _both_ hardware parameters, not one of them... and the interface querying > the IP address can never match both.
I think that must be it > Have you tried splitting the host{}-clause in two? If I understand > correctly, the hostname after the "host" keyword is freely choosable as > long as you adjust the hostname the DHCP client gets sent back, so it might > be possible to write something like: > > option use-host-decl-names false above option keeps failing, but fortunately I don't actually need it > host rabbit1 { > hardware ethernet 00:06:5b:b7:9c:35; > fixed-address rabbit.home; > option host-name rabbit; > } > host rabbit2 { > hardware ethernet 00:06:25:2a:fa:25; > fixed-address rabbit.home; > option host-name rabbit; > } > That seems to solve the problem. Thanks -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]