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Subject: Re: Host name question
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Bill Schmitt wrote:

>   Well, every other computer on the network is listed as an "attached
>   device" except the FBSD box. And, when I've booted Knoppix in the
>   past, it showed up, too.
>
>   Also, when I start Apache (2.0) I receive a message "Could not
>   determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1
>   for ServerName.
>   Ruben de Groot wrote:
>
>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?
>  
>
Please, show contents of /etc/resolv.conf file on your machine.