dhcpd - lease IP on hostname alone

Hi,

If I want to lease an IP based on a client that only broadcasts
it's hostname, what does the entry look like in dhcpd.conf?

If the client broadcasts it's ethernet address and it's dns
name, but I only know it's dns name, then how can I create a
dhcpd.conf entry to allocate a fixed IP?

host testhost {
fixed-address 10.224.60.15;
host-name "client-host-name";
}

The dhcpd.conf man page defines host-name as an option rather
than a parameter, so as I understand it this will not be
used to determine if the logical grouping is used. If this
is so, what can I use?

Thanks,

Ben


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On 14 Feb 2005 10:54:08 GMT, Ben Fitzgerald <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I want to lease an IP based on a client that only broadcasts
> it's hostname, what does the entry look like in dhcpd.conf?
>
> If the client broadcasts it's ethernet address and it's dns
> name, but I only know it's dns name, then how can I create a
> dhcpd.conf entry to allocate a fixed IP?
>
> host testhost {
> fixed-address 10.224.60.15;
> host-name "client-host-name";
> }
>
> The dhcpd.conf man page defines host-name as an option rather
> than a parameter, so as I understand it this will not be
> used to determine if the logical grouping is used. If this
> is so, what can I use?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben
>

*push* - seriously - have I asked a crazy question or does
no one know this?

ben
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Registered Linux user number 339435