Re: DHCP and host names

2001-08-18 Thread Alan Shutko
Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I have managed to change my LAN from fixed IP to DHCP. I had somehow > expected the DHCP software to update my /etc/hosts file, so I would > still be able to ping hostname. In general, this is not a problem because you are also running DNS. H

Re: DHCP and host names

2001-08-18 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 09:34:20AM +0200 or thereabouts, Erik van der Meulen wrote: > Hi, I have managed to change my LAN from fixed IP to DHCP. I had somehow > expected the DHCP software to update my /etc/hosts file, so I would > still be able to ping hostname. In practice, this does not seem to