Hi again! I solved my problem that the hostname was not resolved by Microsoft AD and dhcp server. On the default suse 10.1 installation there are 2 dhcp clients. (dhcpd and ISC dhclient) Im /etc/sysconfig/network/dhcp i changed the dhcp service to dhclient. And in /etc/dhclient.conf i can set the parameter 'send host-name "myhostname"' After a network restart it pushed the hostname into our AD. Thanks for your response anyway. Cheers Andreas -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Mrvka Andreas [mailto:mrv@tuv.at] Gesendet: Montag, 24. April 2006 14:46 An: opensuse@opensuse.org Betreff: [opensuse] suse 10.1 does not resolv in local network hi list, does anyone have an idea what to do if i want to plug my laptop into my lokal LAN and the laptop should be reachable via name resolving? i get an IP address via dhcp from an windows dhcp server but he doesn't enters the computer name into the dhcp leases nor in my active diretory DNS. furthermore, i don't want to hardcode any IP or macaddresses somewhere like /etc/hosts, etc... the name resolusion and IP gathering should by dynamically. do you know what i've forgotten? or is it only possible using a local samba server (for netbios nameing) TIA andrew