Michael Heldebrant, 2001-Oct-25 00:08 -0500: > On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 22:42, Timothy Ryder wrote: > > I am trying to install debian and am having a problem. My cable modem > provider requires that I pass a computer name to them to use dhcp. With > most other distros I would type /sbin/dhcpcd -h <computername>, but with > debian I can't. How can i pass the computer name during install to the > dhcp client. > > Which dhcp client are you using dhcpcd or pump or dhcp-client? The > first two can use the option hostname in your /etc/network/interfaces > file. The following information from is from man interfaces:
> I use dhcp-client and edited the config file by hand after reading up on > how to do it properly. > > --mike I use dhcp-client and my /etc/dhclient.conf file consists of only a single line: send host-name "hostname"; This works perfectly with my cable provider. -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User
