A wild guess, since I don't use DHCP:
It seems that the problem is at the DHCP server in the ISP, since Win machines detect the name server immediately and Linux don't maybe (as I said, it's just a guess :-) the DHCP server gives the names as win network name, not as a FQDN. I read in older messages that some users used a win box to connect a first time, noted the name that was assigned by the DHCP server and then connect with Linux and put the hostname by hand (the ip address, netmask, etc, was being recognized). HTH orlando Stephen Liu wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > At 08:02 AM 1/9/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Because DHCP depends on a server to supply the information, you are > >rather at the mercy of your ISP as to how quickly they give you an IP > >address. > > Yes. I agree. > > The reason why I continue pursuing this case is on the same PC Win2K can > detect my ISP's DNS name server immediately but Linux can't. > > Thanks > > B.R. > Stephen > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- ,~~v~~, ,~~v~~, ,'. .', ,'. .', === + === === + === / ~ \ / ~ \ /\_m m_/\ /\_m m_/\ .\ +----------------------+ /. / ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! \ / +----------------------+ \ `\m/ \m/' `\m/ \m/'
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