I’ve recently installed openSUSE 11 on both my laptop and desktop computers, and neither of them seem to have a hostname on my routers DHCP active client page. They both show up in the list, but the hostname column is empty.
Granted this is all just me being picky, as it doesn’t seem to affect anything and they both show their hostnames in their respective terminals, I would just like for them to have them in the routers page as it worked fine on 10.3.
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:06:04 GMT
Lysdestic <Lysdestic@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
> I’ve recently installed openSUSE 11 on both my laptop and desktop
> computers, and neither of them seem to have a hostname on my routers
> DHCP active client page. They both show up in the list, but the
> hostname column is empty.
>
> Granted this is all just me being picky, as it doesn’t seem to affect
> anything and they both show their hostnames in their respective
> terminals, I would just like for them to have them in the routers page
> as it worked fine on 10.3.
>
>
Hi
Are the hostnames in the /etc/hosts file on the laptop and desktop?
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Thanks for the reply.
Yes they are, I’ll post the one from the laptop as they are both practically the same, only with different hostnames, and I’m on my laptop right now.
/etc/hosts file on my Laptop:
hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
“named” name server.
Syntax:
IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname
127.0.0.1 localhost
special IPv6 addresses
::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback
fe00::0 ipv6-localnet
ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts
127.0.0.2 Hellen-Keller.site Hellen-Keller
I should probably disable IPv6, not that it will help the issue though. I’ll go do that now.
Hi,
I discovered the same issue.
Hostnames are properly set, but it seems that the DHCP-Client don’t send them.
Tried with ISC DHClient and dhcpcd.
And this causes another Problem.
My dynamic DNS-Update doesn’t work anymore for this host.
Thanks for any help.
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:36:05 GMT
Lysdestic <Lysdestic@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Yes they are, I’ll post the one from the laptop as they are both
> practically the same, only with different hostnames, and I’m on my
> laptop right now.
>
> /etc/hosts file on my Laptop:
> >
> > #
> > # hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
> > # mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
> > # used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
> > # On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
> > # “named” name server.
> > # Syntax:
> > #
> > # IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname
> > #
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost
> >
> > # special IPv6 addresses
> > ::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback
> >
> > fe00::0 ipv6-localnet
> >
> > ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
> > ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
> > ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
> > ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts
> > 127.0.0.2 Hellen-Keller.site Hellen-Keller
> >
>
> I should probably disable IPv6, not that it will help the issue
> though. I’ll go do that now.
>
>
Hi
Maybe it doesn’t like the .site? Mine is the same, except I use an
FQDN. Can you add the domain ‘site’ in your router.
I’m using a Linksys WRT54G and the 11.0 host shows up fine.
malcolml@artigo:~> cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback
fe00::0 ipv6-localnet
ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts
127.0.0.2 artigo.muppetwifi.homeunix.net artigo
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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up 13 days 12:12, 0 users, load average: 0.20, 0.13, 0.12
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 173.14.09
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:56:03 GMT
Dirk4711 <Dirk4711@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I discovered the same issue.
>
> Hostnames are properly set, but it seems that the DHCP-Client don’t
> send them.
> Tried with ISC DHClient and dhcpcd.
>
> And this causes another Problem.
> My dynamic DNS-Update doesn’t work anymore for this host.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
Hi
In the network settings in YaST, on the ‘Global Options’ tab, is the
Hostname to send set to AUTO?
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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up 13 days 13:15, 0 users, load average: 0.05, 0.20, 0.18
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Assuming I did this correctly, it didn’t change anything. I changed the domain name on the routers main page from empty to ‘site’, reconnected, checked the DHCP list and everything was still the same.
The Hostname send is set to AUTO, I tried changing it to my host name last night, just to see what would happen, and it was still the same too.
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:26:04 GMT
Lysdestic <Lysdestic@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
> Assuming I did this correctly, it didn’t change anything. I changed
> the domain name on the routers main page from empty to ‘site’,
> reconnected, checked the DHCP list and everything was still the same.
>
> The Hostname send is set to AUTO, I tried changing it to my host name
> last night, just to see what would happen, and it was still the same
> too.
>
> malcolmlewis;1824933 Wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:36:05 GMT
> > Lysdestic <Lysdestic@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reply.
> > >
> > > Yes they are, I’ll post the one from the laptop as they are both
> > > practically the same, only with different hostnames, and I’m on my
> > > laptop right now.
> > >
> > > /etc/hosts file on my Laptop:
> > > >
> > > > #
> > > > # hosts This file describes a number of
> > hostname-to-address
> > > > # mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
> > > > # used at boot time, when no name servers are
> > running.
> > > > # On small systems, this file can be used instead
> > > > of
> > a
> > > > # “named” name server.
> > > > # Syntax:
> > > > #
> > > > # IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname
> > > > #
> > > >
> > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost
> > > >
> > > > # special IPv6 addresses
> > > > ::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback
> > > >
> > > > fe00::0 ipv6-localnet
> > > >
> > > > ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
> > > > ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
> > > > ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
> > > > ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts
> > > > 127.0.0.2 Hellen-Keller.site Hellen-Keller
> > > >
> > >
> > > I should probably disable IPv6, not that it will help the issue
> > > though. I’ll go do that now.
> > >
> > >
> > Hi
> > Maybe it doesn’t like the .site? Mine is the same, except I use an
> > FQDN. Can you add the domain ‘site’ in your router.
> >
> > I’m using a Linksys WRT54G and the 11.0 host shows up fine.
> >
> > malcolml@artigo:~> cat /etc/hosts
> > #
> > # hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
> > # mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
> > # used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
> > # On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
> > # “named” name server.
> > # Syntax:
> > #
> > # IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname
> > #
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost
> >
> > # special IPv6 addresses
> > ::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback
> >
> > fe00::0 ipv6-localnet
> >
> > ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
> > ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
> > ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
> > ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts
> > 127.0.0.2 artigo.muppetwifi.homeunix.net artigo
> >
> > –
> > Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
> > SLED 10.0 SP2 x86_64 Kernel 2.6.16.60-0.23-smp
> > up 13 days 12:12, 0 users, load average: 0.20, 0.13, 0.12
> > GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 173.14.09
>
>
Hi
Maybe something in the router arp table is confused. Since you upgraded
have you restarted the router?
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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Yeah, I have restarted the router. I don’t think it is anything on the router causing issues as my 10.3 installs sent hostnames fine, and a family member has a windows box showing it’s hostname too.
Sorry for being so difficult over what is a seemingly petty issue… little things like this just drive me crazy. 
Thanks for the quick reply.
Yes the hostname is set to AUTO.
I just tried a few different settings there(hostname only, FQDN, empty) nothing worked.
But I find something that confused me a bit.
First I tried to change the dhcp-client used with NetworkManager in /etc/sysconfig/network/dhcp.
Same results with both settings (“dhclient”, “dhcpcd”).
But when I start the dhcp-client on the commandline like
$ dhcpcd eth0
->works - hostname is sent
$ dhclient eth0
->doesn’t sent the hostname (I don’t know if this is the correct behavior)
$ dhclient -H MyHostName eth0
->works - hostname is sent
Very strange.
maybe you have clue?
Same things happens here when I use those commands respectively.
On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 13:06 +0000, Lysdestic wrote:
> I’ve recently installed openSUSE 11 on both my laptop and desktop
> computers, and neither of them seem to have a hostname on my routers
> DHCP active client page. They both show up in the list, but the
> hostname column is empty.
>
> Granted this is all just me being picky, as it doesn’t seem to affect
> anything and they both show their hostnames in their respective
> terminals, I would just like for them to have them in the routers page
> as it worked fine on 10.3.
>
>
It’s a function of the dhcp client. And AFAIK, 11.0 uses an update
dhcpcd and the options to it have changed. Not sure where to look (not
running 11.0 yet). Normally, based on the options
in /etc/sysconfig/dhcp, the dhcpcd client will hint to your dhcp
server the name it wants, which in turn can be used for DDNS, etc.
OK,
I think I solved the symptom.
Supposed your full qualified hostname is “computername.site”
I insert in /etc/dhclient.conf the following line:
send host-name “computername”;
This is not the best thing, cause it should be recognized automatically from NetworkManager -> maybe another bug to report.
For me this helps cause I don’t change the hostname often 
But don’t forget to change the line when changing the hostname in Yast.
Cheers
Dirk
Okay, thanks, doing that seems to work as a temporary solution. However, if anyone else has any other solutions, please, post them here.
I had this issue after updating to 11.1. To fix it:
Yast2 - Network Devices - Network Settings.
Under Global Options I switched it to Traditional Method with ifup. Then made the hostname and domainname changes.
applied it.
Then went back in and switched it backed to User Controlled with NetworkManager.