How can I alocate a hostname based on MAC adress and DHCP?

Hi, i have a small network (50 comps) and I want to alocate each
computer a hostname based on the MAC adress. Eg:
comp1.lab1.....etc,etc.... Even if somebody change the hostname, on the
next reboot the computer must take the hostname from the server based
on the MAC adress. Any ideas?
Thanks

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:56:00 -0700, Andi wrote:

> Hi, i have a small network (50 comps) and I want to alocate each
> computer a hostname based on the MAC adress. Eg:
> comp1.lab1.....etc,etc.... Even if somebody change the hostname, on the
> next reboot the computer must take the hostname from the server based
> on the MAC adress. Any ideas?
> Thanks

The dhcpd server will let you assign an ip address and suggest
a host name based on the machines mac address. The box that
uses dhcpd to get it's ip address and host name may or may not
use the hostname... depends on how that box is configured.

Put an entry like:
host video.some.net {
hardware ethernet 00:0C:6E:4B:1F:70;
fixed-address video.some.net;
}
in your dhcpd.conf file and have the ip address for video.some.net
resolve to the name video.some.net and when the machine with that
mac address requests an ip address, it will get the one you assign
and get the name that goes with the ip address.

jack


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