Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:18:33 -0400 From: "Bill Schmitt (SW)" <software@schmittnet.com> To: Alexey Karguine <bm@netmaster.ru> Cc: "Bill Schmitt \(SW\)" <software@schmittnet.com> Subject: Re: Host name question Message-ID: <41768FD9.1060805@schmittnet.com> In-Reply-To: <41768D59.8010405@netmaster.ru> References: <4176477D.2030207@schmittnet.com> <20041020141728.GA63941@ei.bzerk.org> <41768463.6030101@schmittnet.com> <41768D59.8010405@netmaster.ru>
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Alexey Karguine wrote: > 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. > Two lines in resolv.conf: search albyny.adelphia.net nameserver 192.168.0.1 Thanks, Bill
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