Timothy Wood wrote: > On Tuesday 27 April 2010 09:33:18 pm Michael Torrie wrote: >> Also when your computer requests an address from the dhcp server, if >> you pass a hostname to it, and that hostname is not already in use, >> it will dynamically stick the hostname in the BYU DNS system. So if >> your computer was named foo, it could be reachable on campus at >> foo.rn.byu.edu. > > I never knew that. But how does one pass a hostname to the DHCP > servers? I don't think my router would know how.
I haven't seen a commercial firmware that doesn't allow you to set the hostname of your router. Some ISPs require the indentification of a hostname for access to their network (weird), so it's a setting that is easily configurable through the web setup screens. It's usually a default "linksys", "cisco", "dlink" etc. and found on the same pages as your DHCP/Static IP Address configuration pages. Not to be confused with SSID, which is a similar default, but completely different function. Brian -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
