I've had my LAN working well for a long time using static IP addresses (specified in /etc/hosts).
Now I would like to play with dhcp, but I found the info in the Debian reference manual pretty minimal and I admit I don't really know what I'm doing. But this is what I've done so far: On both machines (desktop and laptop) I installed Debian packages "dhcp" and "dhcp-client". I edited /etc/default/dhcp like this... INTERFACES="eth0" ...and then rebooted. The boot-up messages indicate the server is starting. Remember that this is on both machines - perhaps that isn't correct and I should only run the server on one? Anyway, one machine has a hostname ibm.utopia.com and the other is sonic.utopic.com. From sonic, typing "ping ibm" produces the message "ping: unknown host ibm" (ditto for the fully qualified host name). Without the benefit of /etc/hosts I'm not sure how the server is going to know the names of the clients. Any help would be appreciated. Even pointing me to a FAQ or other online source would be cool. regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
