*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 10239 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/10239
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 10239
dhcp3-client: Does not send hostname to server by default
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dhcp3-client does not send hostname
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221881
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Same problem, but installing Samba didn't change anything. Editing
/etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf didn't make any difference either (in my case
the default line of send host-name hostname; was present, if I
changed it to send the actual host name that didn't make any
difference).
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dhcp3-client does
Check /etc/nsswitch.conf - look for the line starting hosts:
If it doesn't include the value wins, add it. The line on my machine is
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 wins
Then restart networking or reboot.
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dhcp3-client does not send hostname
I had the same problem. Installing Samba fixed it.
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dhcp3-client does not send hostname
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221881
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Same problem for me. I've got a Desktop and a Notebook installed with
Hardy, both showing the described problem. Editing
/etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf (hostname) doesn't make any difference. My
setup differs a little bit from the above: I'm running Hardy with the
2.6.24-16-generic kernel. My router is
