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is it possible for dhcpd to assign a hostname for an ip address without
using a mac address.
thnx in advance

Quote:> is it possible for dhcpd to assign a hostname for an ip address without
> using a mac address.

No.
DHCP cannot use anything but MAC address to distinguish hosts.

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thnx

Hi!,

Quote:> is it possible for dhcpd to assign a hostname for an ip address without
> using a mac address.

A DHCP server can hand out IP addresses to clients from a DHCP pool if it is
configured in such a manner.  It can also use a combination of the MAC address
or "hostname" information to assign an IP address as well.  However,
traditionally, you either have two options, assign an IP address based on MAC
address or from a floating pool of IP numbers.

See ya

Dean Thompson

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Hi,

So if a machine had a host name of node1a would the entry in the dhcpd.conf;

host node1a {
   fixed-address 192.168.1.222;

Quote:}

assign node1a the IP of 192.168.1.222.

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Thnx

Quote:

> Hi!,

> > is it possible for dhcpd to assign a hostname for an ip address without
> > using a mac address.

> A DHCP server can hand out IP addresses to clients from a DHCP pool if it
is
> configured in such a manner.  It can also use a combination of the MAC
address
> or "hostname" information to assign an IP address as well.  However,
> traditionally, you either have two options, assign an IP address based on
MAC
> address or from a floating pool of IP numbers.

> See ya

> Dean Thompson

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A host name has nothing to do with the MAC address.  The DNS server
could be beyond a router, so it wouldn't know anything about MACs.  An
no, you cannot have an IP address without a MAC.

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I think he means "Is it possible to assign a particular IP address to
a computer without relying on a particular MAC address?"  Which you
can do.  In dhcpd.conf, you'd do something like:

  host THEHOSTNAME {
    fixed-address a.b.c.d;
  }

And then the clients would get addresses something like this:

  dhcpcd -h `hostname`

I do something to handle my VMware machines, which frequently go
through total configuration changes while keeping the same hostname.

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Thanks very much for the useful info.... I'll give it a whirl and let you
know.

Thanks