Hello,

I am trying to set up a network between my linux computer and my windows 95 computer. I have many problems at this point, but am learning. One question I have is that my linux computer was name localhost.localdomain adn I renamed the hostname to mylinuxpc because when I look at my router I see the hostname for the 95 computer, but not the linux computer. I thought maybe changing the name would help, but it hasn't. I am wondering if this is one of my problems. I don't know how the router, which is a D-Link DI-205, gets the hostname from the computer or how the computer sends out the name, but is there a file I need to change in linux to fix this? Any ideas?

thanks

No ideas, just questions :)

Is that router using DHCP for the boxes, if so,
is the Linux machine getting a lease?


Cheers,
Tink

Yeah that is whyI am a bit confused. It is using DHCP, and both computers are getting a lease with their own IP, but the 95 computer shows its hostname on the router and the linux box doesn't.

thanks

In this case run your net configuration again, dhcpd, dhclient
and pump all allow you to send a hostname to the dhcp server.

If you were running Slack you probably find it odd that you
need to set the hostname twice ;)


Cheers,
Tink

Look in the manpage for your dhcp client, and it's set up file if it has a seperate man page. An entry will tell it to supply the host name to the dhcp server. I don't know which client slackware uses. On my Mandrake linux system, the Linksys router does display the host-name of the computer.

here is what I found when I locate dhcp:

/usr/bin/kpac_dhcp_helper
/usr/share/doc/iproute-2.4.7/examples/dhcp-client-script
/usr/share/man/man5/dhcp-options.5.gz
/var/lib/dhcp
/var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-eth0.leases
/etc/log.d/conf/services/dhcpd.conf
/etc/log.d/scripts/services/dhcpd

I looked at each of these files and didn't find anything relating to a computer name. The first three won't run, the lases one describes what lease information I have been give and the dhcpd and the conf file are very bare. Here is the dhcpd.conf file

###########################################################################
# $Id: dhcpd.conf,v 1.2 2002/10/12 02:08:09 kirk Exp $
###########################################################################

# You can put comments anywhere you want to. They are effective for the
# rest of the line.

# this is in the format of <name> = <value>. Whitespace at the beginning
# and end of the lines is removed. Whitespace before and after the = sign
# is removed. Everything is case *insensitive*.

# Yes = True = On = 1
# No = False = Off = 0

Title = "dhcpd"

# Which logfile group...
LogFile = messages

# Only give lines pertaining to the dhcpd service...
*OnlyService = dhcpd
*RemoveHeaders

########################################################
# This was written and is maintained by:
# Kirk Bauer <kirk@kaybee.org>
#
# Please send all comments, suggestions, bug reports,
# etc, to kirk@kaybee.org.
########################################################


Which doesn't look like I can add anything that would help. Any other suggestions? The only file that looks promising is dhclient.conf.5.gz, I assume this is the file that dhclient is looking into, but again I find only one place where it says send host-name, but if that is true it is sending andare.fugue.com, which doesn't show up. I will post this file if you think it will help. Okay, I will shut up and listen now.

thanks

PS I am running redhat not slack

Means that you have at least two clients installed, both
dhclient (which seems to be active given the entry in /var)
and dhcpd .... to configure dhclient have a look at /etc/dhclient.conf
(or where ever RH sticks is).


Nobody is perfect ;}

Ego te absolvo, in nomine patris et filii et spirituus sancti. :}


Cheers,
Tink

On Slackware it is in rc.inet1:

Perhaps Red Hat does it in a similar way?

I your hostname couldn't found your hostname will probably a . (dot). Add to your /etc/hosts the alias name . (dot).
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost .

Another solution is to change the nameservers. I think that your nameservers are 192.168.1.1. Change these to the nameservers of your ISP. I haven't tested it yet.

Nope mate, the /etc/hosts is ONLY for local use... no matter what you
put there, it will NOT show on his router.

If his router doesn't pick up his hostname, what do you
think the chances of his ISP knowing about it are? :)



Cheers,
Tink