"noname" in router network devices lists

Folks


I have 2 Linux machines (1 Ubuntu, 1 Fedora Core 6) and 2 XP boxes connected to a ADSL router with
builtin DHCP server.

In the router network devices list the XP machine names show up fine but the 2 Linux boxes show as
"noname", but they do have the correct MAC and IP address.

I have used the network tool to change the machine name on both Linux boxes.
On the ubuntu box I also confirmed that the /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts are correct, which they
are. I cant find these files on the fedora machine.



How can I propogate the machine name from the Linux boxes?



TIA - Adam

Adam Lipscombe wrote:
> Folks
>
>
> I have 2 Linux machines (1 Ubuntu, 1 Fedora Core 6) and 2 XP boxes
> connected to a ADSL router with builtin DHCP server.
>
> In the router network devices list the XP machine names show up fine but
> the 2 Linux boxes show as "noname", but they do have the correct MAC and
> IP address.
>
> I have used the network tool to change the machine name on both Linux
> boxes.
> On the ubuntu box I also confirmed that the /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts
> are correct, which they are. I cant find these files on the fedora machine.
>
>
>
> How can I propogate the machine name from the Linux boxes?
>
>
>
> TIA - Adam
>
>
Your file /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf needs to include the line:

send host name "bluebird"

or whatever the name of your host is. At least that is the location of
the file on my (Debian and Ubuntu) systems.

Robert