You will need to have a host section for each machine identifiable by MAC address. In that section you can spec a host name to be applied. For example, I want my inkjet to always have the following settings:<br><br>host HP_1100 {<br>
hardware ethernet 00:01:e6:6a:89:ff;<br> fixed-address <a href="http://192.168.0.3">192.168.0.3</a>;<br> option host-name "HP Inkjet 1100";<br>}<br><br>It will get the domain name from the earlier setting.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/3/15 Michael B. Trausch <<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Alright, so I am in the midst of doing some massively needed, quite<br>
overdue overhauling of my server to match the needs of my little home<br>
network better.<br>
<br>
I am trying to centralize just about every aspect of the network, but am<br>
apparently failing to do so in some respects. I would like each machine<br>
to have the name <hostname>, where the hostname is set locally on the<br>
machine, but with a domain name as well, supplied by my DHCP server.<br>
<br>
When I connect to the network, the DHCP server provides the following<br>
information:<br>
<br>
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Mar 15 18:09:19 sage NetworkManager: <info> Retrieved the following IP4<br>
configuration from the DHCP daemon:<br>
Mar 15 18:09:19 sage NetworkManager: <info> address <a href="http://10.0.1.1" target="_blank">10.0.1.1</a><br>
Mar 15 18:09:19 sage NetworkManager: <info> netmask <a href="http://255.0.0.0" target="_blank">255.0.0.0</a><br>
Mar 15 18:09:19 sage NetworkManager: <info> broadcast <a href="http://10.255.255.255" target="_blank">10.255.255.255</a><br>
Mar 15 18:09:19 sage NetworkManager: <info> gateway <a href="http://10.0.0.1" target="_blank">10.0.0.1</a><br>
Mar 15 18:09:19 sage NetworkManager: <info> nameserver <a href="http://10.0.0.1" target="_blank">10.0.0.1</a><br>
Mar 15 18:09:19 sage NetworkManager: <info> domain name 'spicerack'<br>
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<br>
It is supplying the domain name, just fine, however:<br>
<br>
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mbt@sage:~$ dnsdomainname<br>
mbt@sage:~$ hostname<br>
sage<br>
mbt@sage:~$ hostname --fqdn<br>
sage<br>
mbt@sage:~$<br>
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<br>
Seems to show that the machine isn't picking it up from the DHCP server.<br>
What I would like to happen is to have the domain name picked up from<br>
the DHCP server sending that information. These machines are all Ubuntu<br>
machines, using NetworkManager to connect to the network. Is there a<br>
way to do this, or do I /have/ to set the domain name on each of the<br>
workstations manually?<br>
<br>
--- Mike<br>
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