client name blank

[cmillar6]

On the DHCP client table in my Linksys router the client name is blank for my PCLOS computer. Anybody know how to resolve this issue?

[Old-Polack]

On the DHCP client table in my Linksys router the client name is blank for my PCLOS computer. Anybody know how to resolve this issue?

Type in a name?

[Hootiegibbon]

Or have the hostname supplied by dhcp?  (this is set at the point the interface is set up)

Jase

[cmillar6]

when a PC on a network is issued an IP from the router's DHCP server the router should resolve the clients name and then list the name and issued IP address in its table. On the Linux PC's on my network the name cannot be resolved and is just left blank. Not a big deal, just wondering why.

[hasmith]

On the DHCP client table in my Linksys router the client name is blank for my PCLOS computer. Anybody know how to resolve this issue?

I had the same exact problem and searched and searched for the solution.  This is when I found your post here, without a solution.

So I thought I would share with you what worked for me:

I did two things to make it work.


1)  Edit a file

under /etc/sysconfig is a file named network

I had to modify the file (use your own hostname instead of myhostname):
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HOSTNAME=myhostname
DHCP_HOSTNAME=myhostname
NETWORKING=yes
CRDA_DOMAIN=US


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2) Change the Host Definition

Open PclinuxOS Control Center, Network and Internet, Hosts Definitions and change the default:

open the default 127.0.0.1 and change it:
leave the ip address as is
change the host name to whatever you want
put localhost in the host Aliases

[bitzbox]

You may not believe this but I've been searching for this solution for the last THREE YEARS!
It's the DHCP_HOSTNAME entry that makes it work.

Thank you sooooooooo much     

Regards .....