I'm on a Kubuntu 11.10 and I'm having trouble setting a hostname on the network.
I already tried changing send host-name "myhostname"
in /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
or /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
with a networking restart after that (even a reboot).
My hostname is still new-host-4 or new-host-5. I assume it's the DHCP server who gave me these names.
I also know that the servers allows these request since iPhones, Macs can set their hostnames and the hostname I ask is not in use.
Any idea what to do ?
Best Answer
Some routers only use the
netbios
hostname.On Debian you can
and if your
/etc/hostname
is set correctly this will show up in the network without a restart.This works for RaspberryPi, BeagleboneBlack and as far as I can remember also with Ubuntu.