Sarah <uaqjtclv@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> It *is* DHCP. You can configure networking so that it assigns a constant
> hostname. I don't know how to do this on Debian.

Wow! I looked at the DHCP related documents, and you are right. It does
provide the option to set the hostname. Interestingly in the early days
of Microsoft Windows '95, I encountered a problem that required me to
study the DHCP telemetry. I found a problem with the hostname not being
available in the telemetry from the Unix based network. The
organizations affected by the problem took the decision to install a Microsoft
Windows NT based servers alongside their existing Unix networks to
manage their hosts. Interestingly, when I obtained that "STUDENT-23"
hostname, I was on a Microsoft Windows NT based network.

On my LAN, DHCP is provided by a Netgear router. It allows for a
hostname to be entered against manually entered IP addresses. I am interested
now to see if this can be used by my Debian based laptop.

If so, this means that my laptop will be able to recognize my home LAN
from the provided hostname. (Damn! I hope it works.)

Cheers,

Mark.

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