Host name question
I know I've seen the answer to this question somewhere here, but I can't seem to find it. I'm running FBSD 4.9 on a machine which is connected to a router (Netgear) that provides DHCP services. The FBSD box gets the IP correctly (assigned based on the MAC address), but the router never sees it by name. I have the name of the machine in the hosts file and rc.conf, but the router never gets the name back. Can anyone help? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Host name question
On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 07:09:49AM -0400, Bill Schmitt (SW) typed: I know I've seen the answer to this question somewhere here, but I can't seem to find it. I'm running FBSD 4.9 on a machine which is connected to a router (Netgear) that provides DHCP services. The FBSD box gets the IP correctly (assigned based on the MAC address), but the router never sees it by name. I have the name of the machine in the hosts file and rc.conf, but the router never gets the name back. Can anyone help? What makes you think the router *should* get the name back? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Host name question
Well, every other computer on the network is listed as an attached device except the FBSD box. And, when I've booted Knoppix in the past, it showed up, too. Also, when I start Apache (2.0) I receive a message Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName. Ruben de Groot wrote: On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 07:09:49AM -0400, Bill Schmitt (SW) typed: I know I've seen the answer to this question somewhere here, but I can't seem to find it. I'm running FBSD 4.9 on a machine which is connected to a router (Netgear) that provides DHCP services. The FBSD box gets the IP correctly (assigned based on the MAC address), but the router never sees it by name. I have the name of the machine in the hosts file and rc.conf, but the router never gets the name back. Can anyone help? What makes you think the router *should* get the name back? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list [2]http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [3][EMAIL PROTECTED] References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions 3. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Host name question
Bill Schmitt wrote: Well, every other computer on the network is listed as an attached device except the FBSD box. And, when I've booted Knoppix in the past, it showed up, too. Also, when I start Apache (2.0) I receive a message Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName. Ruben de Groot wrote: On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 07:09:49AM -0400, Bill Schmitt (SW) typed: I know I've seen the answer to this question somewhere here, but I can't seem to find it. I'm running FBSD 4.9 on a machine which is connected to a router (Netgear) that provides DHCP services. The FBSD box gets the IP correctly (assigned based on the MAC address), but the router never sees it by name. I have the name of the machine in the hosts file and rc.conf, but the router never gets the name back. Can anyone help? What makes you think the router *should* get the name back? Please, show contents of /etc/resolv.conf file on your machine. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Host name question
Alexey Karguine wrote: Bill Schmitt wrote: Well, every other computer on the network is listed as an attached device except the FBSD box. And, when I've booted Knoppix in the past, it showed up, too. Also, when I start Apache (2.0) I receive a message Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName. Ruben de Groot wrote: On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 07:09:49AM -0400, Bill Schmitt (SW) typed: I know I've seen the answer to this question somewhere here, but I can't seem to find it. I'm running FBSD 4.9 on a machine which is connected to a router (Netgear) that provides DHCP services. The FBSD box gets the IP correctly (assigned based on the MAC address), but the router never sees it by name. I have the name of the machine in the hosts file and rc.conf, but the router never gets the name back. Can anyone help? What makes you think the router *should* get the name back? Please, show contents of /etc/resolv.conf file on your machine. Two lines in resolv.conf: search albyny.adelphia.net nameserver 192.168.0.1 Thanks, Bill ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Host name question
On Wednesday 20 October 2004 11:18 am, Bill Schmitt (SW) wrote: Alexey Karguine wrote: Bill Schmitt wrote: Well, every other computer on the network is listed as an attached device except the FBSD box. And, when I've booted Knoppix in the past, it showed up, too. What are the operating systems of the other computers? Is this your own personal lan? I use a Linksys router, the only things that show up are ip's that it has supplied dynamically. If a box is using a static ip, it wont show up on the router. If it's a FBSD box, just the ip shows up, if it's a Win box, the ip and copmuter name will show up. I don't think you have to worry about that. Also, when I start Apache (2.0) I receive a message Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName. Ruben de Groot wrote: I don't remember exactly, it's been a while since I've had Apache install and operating, but I seem to remember having to go into the Apache config file and putting in the the name and ip address. Someone else can probably tell you better than I can. On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 07:09:49AM -0400, Bill Schmitt (SW) typed: I know I've seen the answer to this question somewhere here, but I can't seem to find it. I'm running FBSD 4.9 on a machine which is connected to a router (Netgear) that provides DHCP services. The FBSD box gets the IP correctly (assigned based on the MAC address), but the router never sees it by name. I have the name of the machine in the hosts file and rc.conf, but the router never gets the name back. Can anyone help? What makes you think the router *should* get the name back? Please, show contents of /etc/resolv.conf file on your machine. Two lines in resolv.conf: search albyny.adelphia.net nameserver 192.168.0.1 You've got 192.168.0.1 listed as a nameserver. Can't be. That's the ip address of your Netgear router, it acts as a DHCP server not as a DNS server. What is albyny.adelphia.net? Is that your ISP? You need to get one or more nameserver ip's from your ISP. That's what goes in resolv.conf Thanks, Bill Don -- Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Host name question
Donald J. O'Neill wrote: On Wednesday 20 October 2004 11:18 am, Bill Schmitt (SW) wrote: Alexey Karguine wrote: Bill Schmitt wrote: Well, every other computer on the network is listed as an attached device except the FBSD box. And, when I've booted Knoppix in the past, it showed up, too. What are the operating systems of the other computers? Is this your own personal lan? I use a Linksys router, the only things that show up are ip's that it has supplied dynamically. If a box is using a static ip, it wont show up on the router. If it's a FBSD box, just the ip shows up, if it's a Win box, the ip and copmuter name will show up. I don't think you have to worry about that. Also, when I start Apache (2.0) I receive a message Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName. Ruben de Groot wrote: I don't remember exactly, it's been a while since I've had Apache install and operating, but I seem to remember having to go into the Apache config file and putting in the the name and ip address. Someone else can probably tell you better than I can. On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 07:09:49AM -0400, Bill Schmitt (SW) typed: I know I've seen the answer to this question somewhere here, but I can't seem to find it. I'm running FBSD 4.9 on a machine which is connected to a router (Netgear) that provides DHCP services. The FBSD box gets the IP correctly (assigned based on the MAC address), but the router never sees it by name. I have the name of the machine in the hosts file and rc.conf, but the router never gets the name back. Can anyone help? What makes you think the router *should* get the name back? Please, show contents of /etc/resolv.conf file on your machine. Two lines in resolv.conf: search albyny.adelphia.net nameserver 192.168.0.1 You've got 192.168.0.1 listed as a nameserver. Can't be. That's the ip address of your Netgear router, it acts as a DHCP server not as a DNS server. What is albyny.adelphia.net? Is that your ISP? You need to get one or more nameserver ip's from your ISP. That's what goes in resolv.conf Thanks, Bill Don It's a personal lan with primarily Windows machines on it. albny.adelphia.net is the ISP prefix. I don't recall editing resolv.conf before, meaning something I did in sysinstall must have put that in there. Adelphia is the isp (cable connection). They're configuration instructions for Windows say to automatically DNS address automatically. I've got that option checked in the router, as well. I believe the router gets it from the isp, then provides it to the rest of the machines, but networking has never been my specialty! :-p Bill ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Host name question
search albyny.adelphia.net nameserver 192.168.0.1 You've got 192.168.0.1 listed as a nameserver. Can't be. That's the ip address of your Netgear router, it acts as a DHCP server not as a DNS server. What is albyny.adelphia.net? Is that your ISP? You need to get one or more nameserver ip's from your ISP. That's what goes in resolv.conf Thanks, Bill Don Most modern routers act a DNS servers these days, it is possible that the router is setup this way, and the router actually just forwards the dns requests to his ISP's nameservers. Regards, Frank ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
