[NTLUG:Discuss] dhclient problems

[Jack Snodgrass]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 02:10:31 -0500, kbranne wrote:

> I've got some RH9.0 systems that are runing dhclient, and they don't work so 
> well. :-(
> 
> While they register themselves just fine, to a MS DHCP server, if you try a 
> forward lookup (e.g. "host my-comp-name"), you get an error back about unknown 
> server.  BTW, the computer has a static hostname, not a DHCP assigned one.
> 
> In an attempt to track this down, I installed Suse8.2 on the system (actually 
> another HD), and it worked just fine.  Of course, it used dhcpcd instead of 
> dhclient, but this proves the MS DHCP servers will do the right thing if you 
> talk to them correctly.
> 
> Therefore, this appears to be a either a configuration issue, or a flaw in 
> dhclient.  Can someone confirm either of these guesses?  Or is there another 
> problem I'm not aware of?  Googling doesn't seem to help, at least not so far. :-(
> 
> Thanks,
> Kevin


what's the contents of /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts 
after you get connected for both redhat and suse?

What do you mean by BTW, the computer has a static hostname, not a DHCP
assigned one.? Host names map to IP Addrsses. If you IP Addrss is 
dynamic, then your hostname is dynamic. You can use DHCP to get a 
static IP Address and Hostname, and you can use DHCP to tell a DNS Server
that your desired host name goes with your new IP Address, but I've never
seen a 'static hostname' and 'dynamic ip address'. 

jack