My laptop is served by dhcp router. my hostname lvgdell600m. lvgdell600m:~# cat /etc/hostname lvgdell600m my /etc/hosts is lvgdell600m:~# cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost lvgdell600m 192.168.1.51 mohan 192.168.1.52 lvgdell600m 192.168.1.53 lvgdell600m lvgdell600m:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.52 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1 # wireless interface allow-hotplug wlan0 iface wlan0 inet static address 192.168.1.53 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1 pre-up sh /etc/init.d/wpasupplicant start && sleep 5 post-up ifmetric wlan0 5 This I have done to get host name in dhcp clients table. But my problems are !)I don't get host name in dhcp clients table. Only windows clients hostname appears. 2)eth0 gets IP address and GW and blocks wlan0 with GW because of ifmetric even when eth0 cable is disconnected. This happens inspite of ifplugd is working Now I would like to know how linux host name appear in linksys router clients table? second how to stop eth0 getting GW when cable is unplugged. -- L.V.Gandhi http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ linux user No.205042
