Eric, Are the other machines Windows/Linux? Windows clients support DDNS, my thought is they would update the IPCop server. Do you or anyone in the list know if IPcop supports dynamic updating of hostnames? --Rob > 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