hostname in fc (SOLVED)

Danesh Daroui Danesh.D at bredband.net
Sun Jan 2 20:13:35 UTC 2005


Partha Bagchi wrote:

> There was a question about hostname in FC, namely that the router did 
> not show the name of the linux machine on the router DHCP table. In my 
> setup (FC3, linksys router), I made the following change: Go to
>
>   System Settings -> network
>
> and then select your interface. I have wired and wireless. I picked 
> the wireless and selected edit. I then changed the  DHCP hostname to 
> my computer name and saved. I restarted the network and voila - The 
> name was visible in the router DHCP table.
>
> HTH,
> Partha
>
YES !!! Exactly, it is solved. But I had already assigned a name in 
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file like this:

DHCP_HOSTNAME=myfcserver

but it didn't help, now I defined the name in system settings > network 
as you said and it works. Thanks again.

Regards,

Danesh








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