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Subject: Re: 4.9-Stable DHCP and dynamic DNS updates
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On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 18:50, Oliver Brandmueller wrote:
> Hi.
> 
[...]
> 
> Well, if it works for the Win-XP machines, then it's not a problem with 
> your DHCP daemon or bind, but just the fact, that the Linux-Clients 
> don't send their hostnames.

I had come to that conclusion, light eventually reaches the dimmest
places :)

> I don't know which DHCP client you're using on your Linux machines, so 
> no answer for you. FreeBSD dhclient needs something like this in 
> /etc/dhclient.conf:

It's ISC dhclient.
> 
> send host-name "myhostname";

I have that exactly in my /etc/dhclient.conf file.

> Check the manpage of your Linux dhclient for commandline options or 
> config file syntax.

I will do, thanks.

> - Oliver
-- 
Tony