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Re: DHCP and debian



Ok, well i guess my problem is my server then.  Does anyone here use a
NetGear RT328 ISDN router?  That is what i use for my dhcp server and it
seems to be setting my hostname, and i wish i knew how to change it. 

On Tue, 25 May 1999, Marc Haber wrote:

> On Tue, 25 May 1999 09:11:37 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:
> >What is the settting that allows you to set the hostname on the client?  I
> >run dhcpcd on my linux box on a Win network, and my dhcpc always sets my
> >hostname to dhcpc1.  Where is this seting you are talking about i've been
> >trying to find it for weeks.
> 
> When I tried RedHat, it set the host name with the following
> configuration done on the server:
> 
> |host darren
> |{
> |  hardware ethernet 0:0:e8:df:07:78;
> |  fixed-address darren.gf1.internal;
> |  option host-name "darren";
> |}
> 
> No special work necessary on the client. That's what really impressed
> me.
> 
> Greetings
> Marc
> 
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