On (11/01/06 12:42), Antony Gelberg wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > On my LAN router (Vigor2600) I don't see hostnames for Linux clients - > > I've wondered why but didn't think it was sufficiently important to > > spend time on.... nevertheless I'd be interested to know thw answer :) > > To update DNS with a DHCP hostname, one needs to configure as follows. > > aptitude install dhcp3-client > > Append the following to the end of /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf. > > send fqdn.fqdn "myhost.mydomain.whatever."; > send fqdn.encoded on; > send fqdn.server-update on; > > Then restart dhclient. Works for me against a bind server. Can't > comment on your router.
Unfortunately, this doesn't make any difference; I probably need to dig around the router settings or use one of our debian servers to run DHCP. As I said, it doesn't cause any real problems, so it'll wait until I have some time to dig deeper. Thanks anyway :) Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
