On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 02:49 -0500, Chinook wrote:
Chinook wrote:
The issue is something that I wondered about (and commented on) early
on. On my Mac I see the printer EpsonSPR300@debian1 but my Mac can't
actually print to it because my Mac (via my router) can't resolve the
hostname "debian1."
When I first put up Debian on the P4, I noticed that where my Mac sets a
hostname with its local address on my Belkin router, the Linux box
leaves the hostname blank on my Belkin router. My router does have the
Linux box represented as an address (192.168.2.48), but no hostname.
When the printer was attached to my Mac I could print to it from my
Linux box it because the Mac hostname (pmacg5) could be resolved by the
router, but now that the printer is attached to my Linux box (and
working there) I can't print to it from my Mac because it can't resolve
the Linux box hostname (debian1) :-(((( I had a strong feeling this
hostname issue would come back to bite me %-\
So, whats to do? Preferably I'd really appreciate some help in getting
Debian to post its hostname on the router like my Mac does. If that
can't be done at the moment, then I would appreciate some help in
getting my Mac to resolve the Linux box hostname to an address
(192.168.2.48).
I am presuming that the Debian host is getting it's IP address via DHCP
from your router. If so, you might want to take a look
at /etc/dhclient.conf. Try adding the line:
send host-name "debian1";
and see if it makes any difference.
The myriad of dhcp options are explained in man dhcp-options and the
syntax of dhclient.conf is explained in man dhclient.conf (surprising I
know!).
Of course if you aren't using DHCP then you can safely ignore this
message.
Good luck,