> I have my freebsd DHCP server set up and working great. Well great for > Windows clients, but not much so for BSD clients. > > Under the Windows clients I just set the host name and when the DHCP > gets a request it dutifully does the job of assigning an IP address as > well as putting in the proper DNS entries. I have tried the same for > another BSD computer and it gets the IP address just fine but the > request doesn't get passed on to DNS for updating. > > I tried the dhclient.conf being blank and then also tried putting in > entries as suggested by man 5 dhclient. > > Any ideas on getting BSD to have the same behavior as Windows? > > This is what I have for dhcpd.conf > > option domain-name "squeaks.net"; > option domain-name-servers msmouse.squeaks.net,204.127.198.4; > server-name "msmouse"; > server-identifier 192.168.100.250; > key rndc-key { > algorithm hmac-md5; > secret "wouldn't you like to know"; > }; > > zone squeaks.net. { > primary 192.168.100.250; > key rndc-key; > } > > zone 100.168.192.in-addr.arpa. { > primary 192.168.100.250; > key rndc-key; > } > > default-lease-time 600; > max-lease-time 7200; > > # If this DHCP server is the official DHCP server for the local > # network, the authoritative directive should be uncommented. > authoritative; > > # ad-hoc DNS update scheme - set to "none" to disable dynamic DNS updates. > ddns-update-style interim; > > # Use this to send dhcp log messages to a different log file (you also > # have to hack syslog.conf to complete the redirection). > log-facility local7; > > # No service will be given on this subnet, but declaring it helps the > # DHCP server to understand the network topology. > > # This is a very basic subnet declaration. > > subnet 192.168.100.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { > range 192.168.100.1 192.168.100.99; > next-server 192.168.100.250; > option routers 192.168.100.105; > use-host-decl-names on; > } > > dhclient.conf is... > interface "ed0" { > send host-name "pixie.squeaks.net"; > request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers, > domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name; > script "/sbin/dhclient-script"; > require subnet-mask, domain-name-servers; > }
Try ommiting the domain name. All you should really need in dhclient.conf is send host-name "pixie"; _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"