Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:17:28 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: "Bill Schmitt (SW)" <software@schmittnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Host name question Message-ID: <20041020141728.GA63941@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <4176477D.2030207@schmittnet.com> References: <4176477D.2030207@schmittnet.com>
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On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 07:09:49AM -0400, Bill Schmitt (SW) typed: > I know I've seen the answer to this question somewhere here, but I can't > seem to find it. I'm running FBSD 4.9 on a machine which is connected to > a router (Netgear) that provides DHCP services. The FBSD box gets the IP > correctly (assigned based on the MAC address), but the router never sees > it by name. I have the name of the machine in the hosts file and > rc.conf, but the router never gets the name back. Can anyone help? What makes you think the router *should* get the name back?
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