Re: Computer name suddenly changed

On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 02:55:18PM +0000, David Fletcher wrote:
> At 13:36 18/01/2006, you wrote:
>
>
> >I rebooted my FC4 yesterday and found out that my computer name
> >changed from what it was before "quorpus" to "dhcp-3985-428" so when
> >I log in have
> >
> >root@dhcp-3985-428
> >
> >I haven t made any changes
> >
> >any suggestions to change the name and to prevent this happend again?
> >
>
> I'm not the world's greatest expert on this, but are you by any
> chance connecting directly to a modem or ADSL box etc. without any
> sort of router in between your computer and the Internet?
>
> I had a problem something like this until I bought a router to plug
> in between the computer(s) and the cable modem. The problem is that
> the settings returned by the DHCP server at your ISP can change,
> which might be what is happening here. In my case it resulted in my
> printer suddenly not working.
>
> If you are connecting your computer using ethernet which is always
> best to some sort of broadband connection, my advice is to get a
> little router to put in between yourself and the Internet. The router
> will have a built in DHCP server which is under your control and
> therefore will not change unexpectedly, and also has other nice
> features such as NAT which does a pretty good job of hiding you from
> potential intruders.
>
> If you are using a conventional modem with an ordinary analogue phone
> line then I'm sorry I don't know what to suggest.
>
>
I agree. Somehow you were connected to a DHCP server that changed you
computer ip and name.
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Aaron Konstam
Computer Science
Trinity University
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