Timeline for How to request a hostname from a DHCP server on Ubuntu?
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| May 13, 2011 at 19:17 | comment | added | Keith Bentrup | It appears the hostname is sent - at least I can find the unique value in packets identified by Wireshark as "DHCP Discover" and "DHCP Request" packets. I'm not sure what would be different for the win7 machine and the Ubuntu VM. | |
| May 13, 2011 at 17:30 | history | edited | Mel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Answer was incorrect.
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| May 13, 2011 at 17:26 | comment | added | Mel | Ack, you're right. I read request syntax, not send. | |
| May 13, 2011 at 17:18 | comment | added | Keith Bentrup | This does not seem to work and appears to contradict what's in the conf file by default (and other references that I found via google). lucidtips.com/2008/11/17/… Unfortunately, that does not seem to work either. | |
| May 13, 2011 at 15:45 | history | answered | Mel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |