Router cannot get hostname of Linux client PC

Hello everybody,

I have got a litte home network with 3 PCs. One laptop (my Dad's), my
Windows machine for gaming and of course the Linux box for all the
intelligent stuff:-)

All three of them have their own hostnames for easily identifying them.
The router lists the names of my Windows machine and the laptop (also
Windows) but seems not to have any name of my Linux box.

For several reasons I built my own router but I still have the old and
ugly boxed router. This one is behaving the same way. That's why I am
pretty sure that it's Linux' problem. My self-made router is running
under Linux, too.

What's going wrong that the router cannot receive the hostname?


Daniel Böhmer

Daniel Böhmer <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I have got a litte home network with 3 PCs. One laptop (my Dad's), my
> Windows machine for gaming and of course the Linux box for all the
> intelligent stuff:-)
>
> All three of them have their own hostnames for easily identifying them.
> The router lists the names of my Windows machine and the laptop (also
> Windows) but seems not to have any name of my Linux box.
>
> For several reasons I built my own router but I still have the old and
> ugly boxed router. This one is behaving the same way. That's why I am
> pretty sure that it's Linux' problem. My self-made router is running
> under Linux, too.
>
> What's going wrong that the router cannot receive the hostname?
>
>
> Daniel Böhmer
>
Are you using dhcp? If so which client, dhcpcd or dhclient? Dhclient
has an option to send a hostname to the dhcp server, AFAICT dhcpcd
does not.

Jerry

Jerry Peters wrote:

> Are you using dhcp? If so which client, dhcpcd or dhclient? Dhclient
> has an option to send a hostname to the dhcp server, AFAICT dhcpcd
> does not.
>

Also dhcpcd has a command line option for host name
# ducpch -h HOSTNAME

Ciao
Giovanni
--
A computer is like an air conditioner,
it stops working when you open Windows.
Registered Linux user #337974 <http://counter.li.org/>

Jerry Peters wrote:
> Daniel Böhmer <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> I have got a litte home network with 3 PCs. One laptop (my Dad's), my
>> Windows machine for gaming and of course the Linux box for all the
>> intelligent stuff:-)
>>
>> All three of them have their own hostnames for easily identifying them.
>> The router lists the names of my Windows machine and the laptop (also
>> Windows) but seems not to have any name of my Linux box.
>>
>> For several reasons I built my own router but I still have the old and
>> ugly boxed router. This one is behaving the same way. That's why I am
>> pretty sure that it's Linux' problem. My self-made router is running
>> under Linux, too.
>>
>> What's going wrong that the router cannot receive the hostname?
>>
>>
>> Daniel Böhmer
>>
> Are you using dhcp? If so which client, dhcpcd or dhclient? Dhclient
> has an option to send a hostname to the dhcp server, AFAICT dhcpcd
> does not.
>
> Jerry


Also dhcpcd has a command line option for host name
# dhcpcd -h HOSTNAME

Ciao
Giovanni
--
A computer is like an air conditioner,
it stops working when you open Windows.
Registered Linux user #337974 <http://counter.li.org/>