Re: Name resolution for local names using DHCP

Robert Harris wrote:
Charles Russell wrote:


With Linux, dhcpcd (I think) puts the line "search Belkin" into
resolv.conf. I have no idea what that is for.

That means that your Linux machine will search for machine.Belkin when
you ask it to search for machine (the resolv.conf man page tells a
fuller story). The name "Belkin" probably comes from your router; there
will be a file somewhere which on my (Debian) system is
/var/log/dhcp3/dhclient.eth0.leases which lists the parameters that your
router has sent.

Tell your router that your domain name is "local" (without the quotes)
and, after you have had a dhcp response from your router,

What is a "dhcp response"? How do I force it or recognize it?

make sure that
your /etc/resolv.conf contains the line: "search local".

By the way, do you have any idea why my router must be configured to use the range of addresses starting with 192.168.2? The default of 192.168.1 won't work for some reason.
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