Configure DHCP client to register itself to DNS server

sufiah · 08-23-2010, 05:29 PM

Hi,

I'm a newbie to Linux and need some help in DHCP client configuration.

I'm trying to find a way to set hostname at the start up and get the DHCP client to register itself after it received an IP address.

Please help.

S

tuxtutorials · 08-23-2010, 05:47 PM

You might want to take a look at this:

http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/DHCP-Server.html

What you could do is setup a DHCP reservation and then create a DNS A record within DNS to point to that IP. Once the system boots up and DHCP hands it the reserved address it will have the hostname you configured within DNS.

sufiah · 08-25-2010, 02:16 PM

Thank you Tuxtutorial,

I do not have access to the DHCP server. I'm trying to do what Windows can do on Linux machines.