Re: [newbie] RE: DHCP

[Raffaele Belardi]

Could it not be that the DHCP server of your DSL provider is assigning 
you a name (and an IP address) when you connect? I know that when I 
communicated the IP address of my machine to the network administrator 
for DNS and DHCP I also had to tell them the host name I wanted for my 
machine.

I don't know of books or HOWTO (have you tried www.tldp.org?), but you 
can try
$ man dhclient.conf
$ man dhclient

Also, you can read the current DHCP info typing
# cat dhclient-eth0.leases
Can I ask why do you want to force a particular hostname during the DSL 
connection?

raffaele

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can anyone point me to a comprehensive article, book, etc. for Linux and 
DHCP.  It seems that my computer, when conected to my DSL changes the 
host name on my computer.  When I disconnect it returns to normal.  Any 
ideas  on how I can change it so that it doesn't do it ?  TIA, Maureen



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