Re: Setting hostname with DHCP

2003-10-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael Ash wrote: > However, my results with setting the hostname and domain > were no better with dhcp3 than with dhcp (v2). Are there > parameters not listed in dhclient.conf that I should be > setting? (Again, my desired behavior is that the DHCP > server set the hostname and the domain for m

Re: Setting hostname with DHCP

2003-10-26 Thread Michael Ash
> > > The dhclient script is broken; it doesn't do the > > > hostname [or domain] properly. It is probably > > > fixable, but that script is a big mess. > > > > Should I move to a different DHCP-client program? > > Your message indicated that you were using dhcp-client. Let me > recommend dhcp3-

Re: Setting hostname with DHCP

2003-10-26 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael Ash wrote: > The other response from the list was: > > The dhclient script is broken; it doesn't do the hostname > > properly. It is probably fixable, but that script is a > > big mess. > > Should I move to a different DHCP-client program? > > Can you recommend one? Is there a program ca

Re: Setting hostname with DHCP

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Ash
Dear List and Vineet, I began: > > I have scoured the web and even read the generally helpful > > Chapter 10 - Network Configuration from Debian Reference > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html, > > but I cannot figure out how to set hostname and domain using > > dhcp.

Re: Setting hostname with DHCP

2003-10-22 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Michael Ash said on Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 05:52:09PM -0400: > Dear list, > > I have scoured the web and even read the generally helpful > Chapter 10 - Network Configuration from Debian Reference > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html, > but I cannot figure out how to set h

Re: Setting hostname with DHCP

2003-10-22 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Michael Ash ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031022 15:57]: > Dear list, > > I have scoured the web and even read the generally helpful > Chapter 10 - Network Configuration from Debian Reference > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html, > but I cannot figure out how to set hostname a