On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 10:27, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > No, the actual name is a single word with no spaces. > > send hostname "Linux" > > Lance > > On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 09:34, Casper Gielen wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 04:53:17PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > > I am using a Linksys router with DHCP. I can obtain an IP and > > > everything works fine but when I examine the Client's table in > > > the Linksys router the Linux computer has no name "Linux Box" to > > > identify it. > > > > > > I went into the dhclient.conf file and uncommented > > > > > > send hostname "Linux Box" > > > > > > > Just a wild guess, but try leaving out the space. Spaces are not allowed > > in hostnames.
Has the current lease expired? Have you forced a renew for the lease? If you haven't I doubt any chages you make will be reflected by the Linksys DHCP server until you get a new lease from it. --mike
