Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:29:36 -0700 (PDT) From: L Goodwin <xrayv19@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: DHCP client configuration on FreeBSD Message-ID: <410393.84154.qm@web58103.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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When I ran the DHCP client configuration tool on FreeBSD 6.2, it added a new hostname variable to /etc/rc.conf below existing the hostname var (it did not remove or comment-out the old hostname variable). The NEW hostname includes the ISP's domain name: hostname="dhcppc0.<ISP domain name here>" This hostname differs from the hostname listed in the router's DHCP table "dhcpp0" (no domain name). It also shows unique IP addresses and MAC addresses for all hosts on the LAN. I can ping the IP address assigned to the FreeBSD system, but ping and net lookup fail when its hostname is specified (both with and without the domain name). Questions: 1) Why did the hostname get changed (does not occur for Windows clients)? 2) Why does the hostname in /etc/rc.conf contain the DNS domain name? 3) How do I resolve this problem? Thanks! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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