Hi! Jeremy Blonde (scorch_jb@hotmail.com): > However a few problems arise. They are using dhcp, which I can work > with (I get the ip address and can hit all the servers, etc.), but this > also leaves a record in the dhcp ip address listing in this format: > > ipaddress hostname mac address > > The Linux machine shows up like this: > > X.X.X.X (null) XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > > While NT machines show up with an actual hostname not "null". try putting a "send host-name" statement in your dhclient.conf (see man 5 dhclient.conf for details) > I'd like to not even use the dhcp server but I think that would mean I'd > have to setup the Linux machine to be a DNS server wouldn't it? No! Not using dhcp means guessing a free IP - or better getting a real staic one. > I don't > know what that would do to the rest of the machines on our network, I > can't be messing them up or else I'll be in hot water. You can mess at least one box on your net - if you use the same IP as it. Rainer -- KeyID=58341901 fingerprint=A5 57 04 B3 69 88 A1 FB 78 1D B5 64 E0 BF 72 EB
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