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Re: Nodename issue

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Am 04/08/2015 11:40 PM, schrieb Casper H.S. Dik:
 > Michael Moeller <mmoel@t-online.de> writes:
 >
 >> /etc/default/dhcp is called /etc/dhcp/dhcptags on Solais 2.6.
 >> Param 12 deals with the hostname, though. There are some remarks
 >> which strongly discourage messing around with the settings.
 >
 > If you don't want to receive a hostname, you should not ask
 > for it.
 >

Understood. Makes sense.

 >> Why it worked before I assigned a new address to the router still
 >> is the big question.
 >
 > I'm not sure exactly what you did before?
 >

Thats easy, because I wrote it down back then.
I set up Solaris 2.6, put the empty files hostname.le0 and dhcp.le0
in /etc, default router IP goes to /etc/defaultrouter and the ISPs 
addresses in /etc/resolv.conf. After reboot I've got DHCP running with
the real hostname like any of the PCs and Macs with a recent OS.

By default at setup Sol 2.6 asks for a hostname and a static IP.
These were used by the router as entries for its DHCP table. After
changing the routers IP, it's not working any more.

 >> Could it be DHCP behaves different on a subnet router compared to
 >> one running PPPoE at the WAN side? Newer machines can handle this
 >> while the Sun can't?
 >
 > Please dump the DHCP packet and see what it contains; if it
 > contains a hostname, Sun will use it because is wants to
 > use.

Ok, I'll try this with another Sparc.
Meanwhile I gave it a static IP, so work continues. I'd like
to understand what's going on, though.

 > You are complaining that an 18 year old OS isn't as capable
 > as a more modern OS?  Really?

Yes, because it worked before I changed the routers IP there
must be a way to accomplish this.


Michael

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          Re: Nodename issue Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2015-04-08 11:27 +0000
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                Re: Nodename issue Gary <nobody@nomail.com> - 2015-04-08 13:41 -0400
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                Re: Nodename issue Michael Moeller <mmoel@t-online.de> - 2015-04-09 12:34 +0200
                Re: Nodename issue Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2015-04-09 11:27 +0000
                Re: Nodename issue Michael Moeller <mmoel@t-online.de> - 2015-04-09 14:21 +0200
                Re: Nodename issue Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2015-04-09 12:48 +0000
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