James Knott wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
I guess you don't have dhcpd installed. Try this one instead:
I took that from my firewall computer, which does have a dhcp server running.
# rpm -qa|grep dhcp dhcpcd-3.2.3-66.69.1.i586 dhcp-client-4.2.4.P2-0.34.1.i586 dhcp-server-4.2.4.P2-0.34.1.i586 dhcp-4.2.4.P2-0.34.1.i586 yast2-dhcp-server-2.19.0-7.2.noarch dhcpv6-1.0.22-13.1.i586
# man dhchd.conf No manual entry for dhchd.conf
Try "man dhcpd.conf".
My comment was: "With DHCP servers, you can assign an IP address to a specific MAC address and then use DNS to provide the host name to that device, just as you would with a static IP address."
That dchpd.conf you linked to mentions getting the host name from the client, which is not what I was referring to. It also mentions assigning a name to a computer, but no mention of MAC address in that context.
I thought this part of the thread was about dynamically updating DNS, which is supported by the dhcp server. If you wish to assign an IP-address (and optionally a hostname) based on the MAC-address of the client: host jknott { hardware ethernet aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff; fixed-address 1.2.3.4; } -- Per Jessen, Zürich (12.6°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org