On Wednesday, 11 January 2006 at 13:38:41 +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > 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.
I have a similar oddity with my Netgear DG834G router. In the setup under 'attached devices' it shows two linux boxes by IP, hostname and MAC. Also a windoze box whether wired or wireless. A apple laptop (wireless) shows as 'UNKNOWN' with its IP and MAC address. But another linux box that is permanently attached is invisible. It is reachable by ssh, cups, nfs, etc, but not listed at all. Another two linux boxes also always show as 'UNKNOWN'. I have to run a dns server so that the linux boxes can find each other, but the mac and windows boxes get name resolution from the Netgear. I have no idea what is going on, but it works with the help of the DNS server and some fiddling in dhclient.conf on each box. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
