Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Frederic Lepied wrote: > > Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > First that's the normal behaviour to be able to set the hostname only > > in static IP mode. You can't choose by yourself a name and have it > > known by the other hosts on the network if the IP is given by DHCP. > > Why not? The dhcp request includes the hostname requested. > > > > > The only hack to achieve something like choosing a hostname that will > > be valid on your network, is to use zeroconf by setting a hostname in > > .local. > > What about if your server supports Dynamic DNS (ie DHCP server makes > entries in your DNS server)? And what about if the DHCP server is set to > assign IPs according to MAC address and the DNS server has static > mappings for IP to hostname (effectively mapping a name to a MAC address)?
Yes it's supported but I wanted to say that without network infrastructure you can't choose your hostname. -- Fred - May the source be with you
