ASS-Ware wrote:
servies;334693 Wrote:
Actually the DHCP server can update the DNS server with an hostname - ip
combination.
Yes, but that is not the same as giving out a hostname.
If, for instance, we are talking about Windows Server 2003 DHCP and
DNS, then DHCP can update DNS with
knathraak;333764 Wrote:
I could have sworn this used to work, but now I can't get either of my
squeezebox v3s to get their hostnames via dhcp. I have static dhcp
assignments set up based on mac address.
One of the squeezeboxes just used its IP address for its hostname. The
other used
ASS-Ware;334692 Wrote:
DHCP doesn't give out hostnames, just IP configs.
Maybe you can set up a hostname in your DNS server ?
Actually the DHCP server can update the DNS server with an hostname -
ip combination.
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servies
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servies;334693 Wrote:
Actually the DHCP server can update the DNS server with an hostname - ip
combination.
Yes, but that is not the same as giving out a hostname.
If, for instance, we are talking about Windows Server 2003 DHCP and
DNS, then DHCP can update DNS with the hostname of the device
ASS-Ware;334692 Wrote:
DHCP doesn't give out hostnames, just IP configs.
Maybe you can set up a hostname in your DNS server ?
Actually, that's not true. I have a number of devices on my network
that get their hostnames via dhcp. My squeezeboxes used to be among
them. I've attached a
knathraak;334709 Wrote:
Actually, that's not true. I have a number of devices on my network
that get their hostnames via dhcp. My squeezeboxes used to be among
them. I've attached a wireshark capture of the dhcp offer that shows
my dhcp server pushing out a number of options including
I have done some further testing and I have come to a conclusion.
Here is what I have :
Squeezebox 3
SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252
Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt
DNS and DHCP run on Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
I have
ASS-Ware;334767 Wrote:
I have set the name of the squeezebox to MySlimDevice in SlimServer.
Right, but that is the part I'm trying to avoid doing. It used to not
be the case that I had to do this.
For reference, my static dhcp assignments look like the following:
Code:
knathraak;334825 Wrote:
Right, but that is the part I'm trying to avoid doing. It used to not
be the case that I had to do this.
For reference, my static dhcp assignments look like the following:
Code:
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#upstairs squeezebox
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host squeeze {
ASS-Ware;334837 Wrote:
Have you updated the firmware ?
Yeah, there have been several firmware updates since this last worked
for me. My guess is that this is hostname-via-dhcp something that went
away in a firmware update.
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knathraak
If it looks like something broke in the firmware then file a bug. If it
was an intentional change someone will explain why, otherwise it'll
probably get fixed at some point.
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radish
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I could have sworn this used to work, but now I can't get either of my
squeezebox v3s to get their hostnames via dhcp. I have static dhcp
assignments set up based on mac address.
One of the squeezeboxes just used its IP address for its hostname. The
other used PSMHOME (where did this come
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