Domain is MSHOME (since this is supporting XPs home network) and the
name I keep setting it to is fileserver.localdomain.. My db server has
the hostname dbserver.localdomain and it seems to keep it.. so not
sure what is going on..

On 5/27/05, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. <plug@phxinternet.net> wrote:
> Is it the host name or the domain (the domain is appended onto the end of
> the host name)?  You can set the domain on your dhcp server.  The host name
> should not change, only the domain which is served by the dhcp server.
> 
> Gilbert
> 
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> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Judd
> Pickell
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:15 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Stupid Hostname Question?
> 
> Okay, I know this is probably gonna sound noobish, but I seriously can not
> figure out how to fix it.
> 
> I have a p300 running as my file server, installed is FC3, which is running
> great. The problem I am having is that everytime the DHCP gets ahold of the
> connection I get this really funky garbled name for it in the DHCP list
> (connected to a Linksys wireless router). I have tried setting the hostname
> by calling it from the command prompt via root, but it always gets changed
> by the DHCP to this bizarre text.
> 
> So guess the question is, how do I set the hostname so it stays even after
> reboot?
> 
> Oh, and no X-win installed. This is running just vanilla FC3 from command
> prompt.
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