Rick, I'm pretty sure that what you need to do, is associate specific mac addresses with specific ip addresses for ipcop to make the connection. Since IPCop is doing DHCP ( ie, assigning IP addresses), you can't guarantee that each machine will always get the same IP. You need static IP assignment for those machines, to associate them with a host name. Call up the IPCop admin page from one of the machines (http://ipcop:81 or https://ipcop:445 ), and go to the page that handles DHCP - you will need to sign in as admin to get there. There should be a field there to assign static IP addresses based on mac address. That should do it. Let me know if this helps. Cheers, Charlie Obert On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:37:30 -0500, Rick Meyerhoff <rick at eworld3.net> wrote: > I am trying to get my IPCop box working. It is doing DHCP but it does > not seem to be getting the host names from the machines on my network. > > For example, I have a debian (woody) box whose hosts file has this entry: > 127.0.0.1 installfest localhost > > but when I try to see if DNS is working: > > installfest:~# host installfest > Host installfest not found 5(REFUSED) > installfest:~# telnet Firemouth > telnnet: could not resolve Firemouth/telnet: Temporary failure in name > resolution > > Firemouth is another machine with similar hosts file entry. > I looked at the IPCop FAQ pages but they were not helpful. > > I'm wondering if some port has to be open or some daemon has to be > running to provide the host name when DHCP runs. > > BTW all of this is in the Green. > -- > Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list