Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3491 mails)

[Paul Benjamin <pben_suse@xxxxxxx>]

Ok I think I have it figured out, after playing around with my home LAN I 
think that I reproduced your problem.   Normally SuSE doesn't send it's name 
to the DHCP sever in your router.  So it just shows up as unknown, at least 
it does on mine.  But apparently Knoppix sends it's name when it request a IP 
address.  The router stuck the Knoppix name in it's host list in the DHCP 
server.  

You must have SuSE set up to "Change host name via DHCP" in the Yast2->Network 
Services->DNS and Host Name.  So the next time SuSE requested an IP address 
from the router's DHCP sever it said "oh, I know that network card" and it 
gave you the same address that it gave you when you booted under Knoppix.  
Since SuSE didn't reset the host name when it requested the address the 
router gave you the name it had in it's host table associated with that IP 
address.  

SuSE says "oh, my sysop said use the name that the router gives me" so it 
changes it's host name to Knoppix.  You are confused, I am confused, the only 
ones that aren't is the router and SuSE.  

So the fix is either change the host name in your router's DHCP table or 
reboot both SuSE and the router.  Hey I learned something about routers 
anyway how about you? ;-)

pben

On Tuesday 01 July 2003 09:34 pm, Terry Milnes wrote:

> My HOSTNAME is setup via my Motorola SBG1000 router that uses DHCP. It
> says IOS Host Local Domain.  Is there anywhere else that can be causing
> this?  Thanks so far!
>
> NeoFax