Re: DHCP problem....
sounds like a DNS issue, run a reverse lookup on the IP and see what comes
out. you can also add this line to your /etc/resolv.conf
domain yourdomain.com
that will cause the system to search the local domain when you ping a
hostname. for me if i pinged the host galactica, resolv.conf would
automatically try galactica.firetrail.com
but it looks more to be a DNS thing. the hostname may not be a valid
(Domain Name) host. that can be checked by trying to resolve the full
host.domain.com. if it resolves the problem is on the client machine(the
/etc/resolv.conf shit)
nate
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On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, J.M. "Jersey" Miszczyk wrote:
> Hi there :),
>
> I just installed DHCP client on Debian slink machine. It works almost
> fine.... it just does not pick up the host name :(. It is seen on the
> network by its IP address only. If I ping it by the name from the local
> console it responds that the host name is not known (I removed its static
> IP entry from the "hosts" file).
> Any suggestions will be appreciated :)
>
> Best regards
> "Jersey"
>
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