On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 09:32:41 +0900 Joel Rees <joel.rees@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Jul 4, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: 8><---------- > What I'm trying to figure out is how to tell a host who it is when > assigning DHCP, without using internal DNS. It seems like a waste to > run a local name server on every portable machine I have, just so it > doesn't forget who it is when it's on the road. > > Joel Rees Is this what you're looking for? Create a file /etc/dhclient.conf containing: send host-name "your-host-name"; Check out man dhclient.conf for details and don't forget the semi-colon. Steve -- Changing lives one card at a time http://www.send1cardnow.com -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines