[Dnsmasq-discuss] Why doesn't this machine have a name?

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Mon Jan 30 16:28:34 GMT 2012


On 30/01/12 15:43, Chris Green wrote:

> ... I think I may have found the problem, the system that *doesn't*
> provide a name is running wicd rather than network-manager. Maybe wicd
> doesn't provide a name to DHCP.  I'll investigate.
>

If you don't want to mess around with the client you can name the 
machine at the dnsmasq end by adding

dhcp-host=acer-aspire,00:25:56:6d:b0:ce


to /etc/dnsmasq.conf


Cheers,

Simon.



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