hostname how to empty dns

2009-02-12 Thread Nagy Daniel
Hi [again :D:S] Just two questions: 1 - When I use Debian [when a normal router does the DHCP for it] - from the routers DHCP client list, I only see a * for hostname [for the Debian PC], and I saw it several times now. Am I missing a package? Why can't the router see the hostname for the Linux

Re: hostname how to empty dns

2009-02-12 Thread Shams Fantar
Nagy Daniel wrote: Hi [again :D:S] Just two questions: 1 - When I use Debian [when a normal router does the DHCP for it] - from the routers DHCP client list, I only see a * for hostname [for the Debian PC], and I saw it several times now. Am I missing a package? Why can't the router see

Re: hostname how to empty dns

2009-02-12 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Nagy Daniel wrote: 1 - When I use Debian [when a normal router does the DHCP for it] - from the routers DHCP client list, I only see a * for hostname [for the Debian PC], and I saw it several times now. Am I missing a package? Why can't the router see the hostname for the Linux PC? [Normal

Re: hostname how to empty dns

2009-02-12 Thread Nagy Daniel
Thank you, editing the /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf file worked, I uncommented the: send host-name send dhcp-client-identifier The router get's the hostname of the Debian PC [it's in his DHCP client list], now the only problem is that I can't ping [the Linux PC] it by it's hostname from another

Re: hostname how to empty dns

2009-02-12 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Nagy Daniel wrote: The router get's the hostname of the Debian PC [it's in his DHCP client list], now the only problem is that I can't ping [the Linux PC] it by it's hostname from another computer..:S:D:S Probably your router is not a real DNS server and will only uses that names for

Re: hostname how to empty dns

2009-02-12 Thread Stefan Monnier
The router get's the hostname of the Debian PC [it's in his DHCP client list], now the only problem is that I can't ping [the Linux PC] it by it's hostname from another computer..:S:D:S Probably your router is not a real DNS server and will only uses that names for informative purposes.