Re: OS X & Debian LAN [was: Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN research.]
Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (11/01/06 03:48), Chinook wrote:
>
>>I've got /netatalk/ installed and minimally configured on Debian and set
>>all the appropriate switches in OS X, and I can look at and move files
>>back and forth from either box if I initiate (mount) the server on my
>>Mac. I have not yet installed Howl (mdnsresponder) on the Debian box
>>as I'm not sure of the benefit.
>>
>>There are, of course, a couple problems and I'm reluctant to screw
>>with things on Debian as I've already messed it up enough once to
>>have to rollback (restored backup).
>>
>>1) I've got a Belkin 4 port router and my Mac's host name shows up in
>>its configuration, but the Debian box host name there is blank (the url
>>is correct). Debian is connected to it and can access the internet and
>>my Mac (if I connect from my Mac). However when I configured Debian it
>>recognized the domain name (the router) and has in the hostname file the
>>proper host name, but that host name does not show up when looking at
>>the router configuration (which I access from my Mac with Safari or my
>>Debian box with Firefox). The proper url (192.168...) does but the host
>>name is blank.
>
>
> On my LAN router (Vigor2600) I don't see hostnames for Linux clients -
> I've wondered why but didn't think it was sufficiently important to
> spend time on.... nevertheless I'd be interested to know thw answer :)
To update DNS with a DHCP hostname, one needs to configure as follows.
aptitude install dhcp3-client
Append the following to the end of /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf.
send fqdn.fqdn "myhost.mydomain.whatever.";
send fqdn.encoded on;
send fqdn.server-update on;
Then restart dhclient. Works for me against a bind server. Can't
comment on your router.
>
>>When I connect to (mount) the Debian box as an AppleTalk server from my
>>Mac, I used the url. Does anyone know why the Debian host name is not
>>getting through to the router?
>>
>>2) Also, even though I can get the connection up (initiate it) from my
>>Mac, I can't seem to figure out how to get it up (initiate it) from my
>>Debian box. The Gnome network control only shows a stupid windoze net
>>icon (gotta get rid of that). With the net tools on Debian I can ping
>>and trace the Mac url (192.168...) so it seems to know where to find the
>>Mac. I'm missing something obvious here %-\
What do you mean "get the connection up"? What sort of connection?
I can tell you that I needed mdnsresponder to get OS X network browsing
to see a netatalk box, although this was a while ago. User-friendly my
****.
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