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Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 20:39:40 -0600
From: Aaron J Siegel <Aaron.Siegel@attbi.com>
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Subject: Re: unrecognised FBSD box in other windows client
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Hello
    In this case I do not believe you will want to use the hosts file. 
The hosts file just maps a know set of ip address to name, and it will 
work on the computer which owns that hosts file. Take a look at the man 
for dhclient.conf, you can send the DHCP server a hostname useing the 
line send host-name "box1.network.edu.sg", I have never used, it might 
work.


Zhifu wrote:

>Hi, I am running a FreeBSD box (hostname: box1.network.edu.sg) in a Windows network environment. The network assigns IP addresses dynamically. I have set my 
>
>etc/hosts
>127.0.0.1 localhost
>155.69.10.20 box1.network.edu.sg box1
>
>etc/rc.conf
>hostname="box1.network.edu.sg"
>ifconfig="DCHP"
>
>Problem
>1) IP address keeps changing. I need to keep updating my /etc/hosts file.
>2) I cannot ping box1 from another windows machine (box2) and from box2 to box1. Why is that so?
>
>Thanx in advance.
>Zhifu (newbie)
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