Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:33:28 +0000 From: Alec Berryman <alec@thened.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Device Name & Netgear Router Message-ID: <20060212213327.GA55015@thened.net> In-Reply-To: <200602121559.44033.gerard@seibercom.net> References: <200602121559.44033.gerard@seibercom.net>
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--tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gerard Seibert on 2006-02-12 15:59:33 -0500: > On the router's configuration screen, under maintenance is a > "Attached Devices" menu item. This will list all four machines > connected to the router with their respective MAC > addresses. However, only the WinXP machines have their 'Device Name' > listed. >=20 > I was wondering why this is. I cannot seem to locate any specific > information on the Netgear site regarding this. Everything works > fine, so I assume it is not a serious problem. DHCP clients may send names along with requests; Windows computers send whatever name you've configured in the sharing or whatever section, and this is what you see. If you want your router to show a name for the FreeBSD host, put a line that reads 'send host-name "foo";' in /etc/dhclient.conf on that host. --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD76mnAud/2YgchcQRAkmWAJ4gjQPLhu65cjR9Vr4rPyqT1K4kAgCgztBG jggUSu/uiGnpTtapGVI3nbE= =eLuS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT--
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