Re: SuSE 9.3 and DHCP

From: Malke (invalid_at_not-real.com)
Date: 05/08/05

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    Martin Baker wrote:

    > This is not a problem report in that my system appears to be running
    > fine. Its just that I like to know how these things work if anyone has
    > the time to explain it.
    >
    > When installing SuSE 9.3 I leave the network settings to the default
    > (set everything via DHCP). this sets:
    > Host Name: linux
    > Domain Name: site
    >
    > I am reasonably confident that these settings are not coming from the
    > router, they are the same even if I boot up connected to a different
    > port on the router, or even if the router is switched off.
    >
    > Are there any advantages to setting the host name manually to a more
    > meaningful name?
    > If I were to connect two computers running SuSE 9.3 to the router
    > would they get different names?
    >
    > As I'm still playing around with the system I have installed it a lot
    > of times, on one occasion I tried setting the host name to a fixed
    > value (not via DHCP) and this caused it to fail the network test and
    > the network did not work, any idea why this might be? Is it safe to
    > change the host name using YaST2 once the system is installed?
    >
    > On another occasion I was having problems with the USB mouse, this
    > ment that I had to keep re-booting the computer, this caused it to no
    > longer automatically login to KDE, this looks like a bug reported in
    > the release notes. Do you know how I can reduce the chances of this
    > happening again?
    >
    > If you need any details of my system its here:
    > http://www.euclideanspace.com/tech/pc/shuttle/components/

    The host name is your computer's name. If you have more than one
    computer on a local area network (lan), they all need unique computer
    names. Changing the host name to your computer's real name should not
    affect the network AFAIK. Uncheck the box that says to change the host
    name with DHCP. That might have caused the problem since if you have a
    simple home router (Linksys, Netgear, etc.) it doesn't have the ability
    to provide a computer name for you. Honestly, I'm not sure why you'd
    want that setting but someone who is more skilled at handling very
    large networks could answer that for you.

    For my home lan, using a Linksys 8-port router and a Linksys WAP, my
    settings are:

    host name: mycomputername
    domain: local
    gateway: 192.168.1.1 (the router, so your address might be different)
    change host name via DHCP: no

    I can't help you with the USB mouse thing since none of my machines
    running Linux (two with SuSE - currently 9.3 but some version of SuSE
    for years - and one with Mandrake 10.1) have ever had that problem. I
    also never do automatic logins.

    HTH somewhat,

    Malke 

    -- 
"I have a cunning plan..."
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