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Date:      Mon, 29 Mar 2004 20:44:12 +0100
From:      "S. Anthony Sequeira" <tony@sequeira.com>
To:        FreeBSD List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 4.9-Stable DHCP and dynamic DNS updates
Message-ID:  <1080589452.1873.21.camel@nova.sequestor.lan>
In-Reply-To: <20040329175026.GB76076@e-Gitt.NET>
References:   <20040329061107.27167.h009.c000.wm@mail.sequeira.com.criticalpath.net> <20040329175026.GB76076@e-Gitt.NET>

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On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 18:50, Oliver Brandmueller wrote:
> Hi.
> 
[...]
> 
> Well, if it works for the Win-XP machines, then it's not a problem with 
> your DHCP daemon or bind, but just the fact, that the Linux-Clients 
> don't send their hostnames.

I had come to that conclusion, light eventually reaches the dimmest
places :)

> I don't know which DHCP client you're using on your Linux machines, so 
> no answer for you. FreeBSD dhclient needs something like this in 
> /etc/dhclient.conf:

It's ISC dhclient.
> 
> send host-name "myhostname";

I have that exactly in my /etc/dhclient.conf file.

> Check the manpage of your Linux dhclient for commandline options or 
> config file syntax.

I will do, thanks.

> - Oliver
-- 
Tony



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