Re: [PLUG] How to pass HOSTNAME to LinkSys DHCP server?

[sean finney <seanius@seanius.net>]

On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 11:09:10PM -0500, kaze wrote:
> I added the dhcp option line "hostname Emerald" to the "iface eth0 inet
> dhcp" stanza. Per "man interfaces" it looks like the appropriate answer to
> me. I did a "ifdown eth0", then an "ifup eth0" but the LinkSys GUI still has
> no hostname entry for it... I don't seem to have dhcpcd either; might this
> be a LinkSys issue which a different DHCP client under Debian would make
> work?

it might be a client issue (though dhcpd is a dhcp daemon, not a client).
try with the client stanza too, maybe that will do the trick?

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