Re: dhclient.conf or DHCP
From: K Anderson (freebsduser_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/30/03
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Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 20:56:00 -0800 To: Mike Maltese <mike@pcmedx.com>
Mike Maltese wrote:
>>I have my freebsd DHCP server set up and working great. Well great for
>>Windows clients, but not much so for BSD clients.
>>
>>Under the Windows clients I just set the host name and when the DHCP
>>gets a request it dutifully does the job of assigning an IP address as
>>well as putting in the proper DNS entries. I have tried the same for
>>another BSD computer and it gets the IP address just fine but the
>>request doesn't get passed on to DNS for updating.
>>
>>I tried the dhclient.conf being blank and then also tried putting in
>>entries as suggested by man 5 dhclient.
>>
>>Any ideas on getting BSD to have the same behavior as Windows?
>>
>>This is what I have for dhcpd.conf
>>
>>option domain-name "squeaks.net";
>>option domain-name-servers msmouse.squeaks.net,204.127.198.4;
>>server-name "msmouse";
>>server-identifier 192.168.100.250;
>>key rndc-key {
>> algorithm hmac-md5;
>> secret "wouldn't you like to know";
>>};
>>
>>zone squeaks.net. {
>> primary 192.168.100.250;
>> key rndc-key;
>>}
>>
>>zone 100.168.192.in-addr.arpa. {
>> primary 192.168.100.250;
>> key rndc-key;
>>}
>>
>>default-lease-time 600;
>>max-lease-time 7200;
>>
>># If this DHCP server is the official DHCP server for the local
>># network, the authoritative directive should be uncommented.
>>authoritative;
>>
>># ad-hoc DNS update scheme - set to "none" to disable dynamic DNS updates.
>>ddns-update-style interim;
>>
>># Use this to send dhcp log messages to a different log file (you also
>># have to hack syslog.conf to complete the redirection).
>>log-facility local7;
>>
>># No service will be given on this subnet, but declaring it helps the
>># DHCP server to understand the network topology.
>>
>># This is a very basic subnet declaration.
>>
>>subnet 192.168.100.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>> range 192.168.100.1 192.168.100.99;
>> next-server 192.168.100.250;
>> option routers 192.168.100.105;
>> use-host-decl-names on;
>>}
>>
>>dhclient.conf is...
>>interface "ed0" {
>> send host-name "pixie.squeaks.net";
>> request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
>> domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name;
>> script "/sbin/dhclient-script";
>> require subnet-mask, domain-name-servers;
>>}
>
>
>
> Try ommiting the domain name. All you should really need in dhclient.conf is
>
> send host-name "pixie";
>
>
>
You the man! Thanks.
Probably never would have figured that one out. I was assuming that when
the DHCP request was made that something would have picked up the
hostname from someplace else like, ooooh, hostname. I happen to do a
tcpdump and could have sworn I saw the hostname or something looking
like it in the dump during the request phase.
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