On 2023-09-27 01:01 +02, Joel Carnat <j...@carnat.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Because of Apple Private Address feature, my static IP allocations based > on MAC address (hardware ethernet) doesn't work anymore. Looking at > dhcpd.leases, some devices provide a client-hostname value ; but not > every one. > > Is there a dhcpd.conf configuration parameter that forces DHCP clients > to send a client-hostname information in their DHCP request?
My understanding of the dhcp protocol is that this can't work. The client sends a bunch of things and requests a bunch of stuff. The server can honour that request or decline it. But it can't say: I'd give you a lease if you'd give me a hostname. The server can decline to give a lease without a hostname in the request, but then the client would be left guessing why it didn't get a lease. > > And if so, can this information be used by dhcpd(8) to apply a > fixed-address to those device? > > Thank you, > Joel C. > -- In my defence, I have been left unsupervised.
