Network Setup Tips

How To Add A Host Name Identifier To A DHCP Server

Some times it is desirable to add a host name identifier at the DHCP client to be recognized by the DHCP server. Then local host names can be used for name resolving. This works well with a DD-WRT enabled LinkSYS router.

To do this add the following line to your network configuration file (we will use file: "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0" in our example): DHCP_HOSTNAME=<your desired host name for this NST DHCP client>

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
DHCP_HOSTNAME=probe-biostar