[Dnsmasq-discuss] How to get name of DHCP'ed system?

[richardvoigt at gmail.com]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> I have just moved fully to using dnsmasq on my xubuntu 8.10 system,
> it's made things much simpler than they were.  I have removed all my
> manually added entries for static IP hosts on the LAN from /etc/hosts
> and I've "un static IP'ed" them - dnsmasq does it all for me.
>
> However I have one issue, I have a couple of things which are not
> computers on the LAN, there's an HP printer and a Siemens DECT/VOIP
> box.  I have set them to use DHCP to get their settings but I don't
> know how to find what their names are.
>
> It's easy for a computer on the network, I have set the name when
> installing the OS so I know what the name is.  But I don't know how to
> find the name of a box whose name I'm not able to set myself.
>
> How can I find DNS names of systems which dnsmasq knows about?

The name is one (the rightmost IIRC) of the columns in your dhcp.leases file.

Or hit the network configuration printout from the printer menu.

>
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> Chris Green
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