From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 12 21:34:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C53E916A420 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:34:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alec@thened.net) Received: from empmail.bowdoin.edu (empmail.bowdoin.edu [139.140.14.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 579A843D49 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:34:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alec@thened.net) Received: from shredder.bowdoin.edu ([139.140.181.133]) by empmail.bowdoin.edu (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.01 (built Jun 24 2004)) with ESMTPP id <0IUL00MI7FVSWD00@empmail.bowdoin.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:33:28 -0500 (EST) Received: by shredder.bowdoin.edu (Postfix, from userid 12008) id 3DB0DCA0E; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:33:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:33:28 +0000 From: Alec Berryman In-reply-to: <200602121559.44033.gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20060212213327.GA55015@thened.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary=tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-disposition: inline X-Ned-Wuz-Here: Yes X-GPG-Fingerprint: 3DB5 8785 53D9 8BF4 5049 B6B9 02E7 7FD9 881C 85C4 X-GPG-Key-ID: 881C85C4 References: <200602121559.44033.gerard@seibercom.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Subject: Re: Device Name & Netgear Router X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:34:19 -0000 --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--