config IP address - need help

[Jerry Feldman]

This actually depends on your provider. Some providers always send a 
host name (I think that RCN does this). 
On 30 Jul 2001, at 12:08, John Abreau wrote:

> I've seen it happen both ways. Some dhcp servers send a new hostname to
> the
> linux client, others don't. I've noticed my netgear firewall leaves the 
> hostname
> alone when I use dhcp, but the dhcp servers at the last two places I 
> worked would
> return a hostname of the form "dhcp-192-168-33-44", which resulted in 
> problems
> with X authentication.
> 
> 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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