On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:11:05 -0400 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
That computer is running openSUSE 11.4.
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.
This discussion is somewhat tangential to the original scenario I described. My old wireless router had 'filtering' even though it wasn't labeled as such. It had an 'access list' that you could enable by clicking a check box. Doing so would reveal a blank table with three columns, 'device', 'description' and 'MAC Address.' I often retrieved new device information (visitors, etc.) by turning off that 'access list,' establishing the connection at the device(*) and then viewing the 'connected devices' list in the router. I would then copy and paste that information into the 'access list' before turning it back on. In the case of my printer, and this is how it relates to Carlos' original problem, I distinctly recall that after I completed this procedure, it became 'visible' and available for configuration and use on the network. Was this "filtering?" Yes. Was this also a convenient, one-step method for configuring a new service/client? I would say it was. It probably 'just worked' because I let the device pick it's own name. (*) i.e. 'select' from the list of 'available networks' and click 'connect' then enter password/key/passphrase. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org