-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frederic Lepied wrote: > Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> First that's the normal behaviour to be able to set the hostname only > in static IP mode. You can't choose by yourself a name and have it > known by the other hosts on the network if the IP is given by DHCP. Why not? The dhcp request includes the hostname requested. > > The only hack to achieve something like choosing a hostname that will > be valid on your network, is to use zeroconf by setting a hostname in > .local. What about if your server supports Dynamic DNS (ie DHCP server makes entries in your DNS server)? And what about if the DHCP server is set to assign IPs according to MAC address and the DNS server has static mappings for IP to hostname (effectively mapping a name to a MAC address)? Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+Y5VErJK6UGDSBKcRAsLfAKCFOidQ8ea73qymojJBSuN9jDwdZACfWuAA HBghvqUHfwOHwKzH+wyGIHg= =cwi+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
