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Old 05-30-2005, 09:13 PM   #1
wyohman
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Laptop doesn't get hostname from DHCP server


I'm using Mandrake 10.1 official with a Netgear WGT624 as my AP/firewall. For some reason it won't get a hostname from the DHCP server built into the AP. All of the Windows clients get the proper hostname but the Linux laptop won't.

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Old 06-01-2005, 10:37 AM   #2
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From what I understand ... the computer requesting an IP address can send it's hostname to the DHCP server. It doesn't pull a hostname from the server. Try using `dhcpcd -h whateverhostname wlan0`.
 
Old 06-01-2005, 06:12 PM   #3
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Originally posted by hell_carnage
From what I understand ... the computer requesting an IP address can send it's hostname to the DHCP server. It doesn't pull a hostname from the server. Try using `dhcpcd -h whateverhostname wlan0`.
I'm not running the DHCP server on a Linux system. I'm using dhclient on a Linux box to communicate with my wireless AP. I did manage to get it to accept a hostname by creating a dhclient.conf file. The AP now accepts the hostname but I still cannot ping the Linux box from the Windows systems although each of the Windows systems can ping each other. Do I need to turn on Samba and add the Linux client to the XP Workgroup.

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Old 06-01-2005, 07:47 PM   #4
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dhcpcd is a DHCP client ... not a server.

Anyway, you are actually trying to send a ping request using a NetBIOS name. For that you want to set up Samba


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Old 06-01-2005, 08:02 PM   #5
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Originally posted by hell_carnage
dhcpcd is a DHCP client ... not a server.

Anway, What you are trying to ping is actually a NetBIOS name. For that you want to set up Samba.
Actually, dhclient is the client, dhcpd is the server. Apparently to do the ping I have to setup samba (which I'm doing now) although I did want the AP to know the hostname of the Linux client.

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Old 06-01-2005, 09:02 PM   #6
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Actually, dhclient is the client, dhcpd is the server.
That may be, but I stand by my statement that dhcpcd is a DHCP client

http://freshmeat.net/projects/dhcpcd/

"dhcpcd is an RFC2131-, RFC2132-, and RFC1541-compliant DHCP client daemon. It gets an IP address and other information from the DHCP server, automatically configures the network interface, and tries to renew the lease time according to RFC2131 or RFC1541.
 
  


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