DHCP server to handle hostname.

[durwin at mgtsciences.com]

I have some embedded devices with minimal OS.  I am not sure the DHCP 
client has compiled ability to send hostname.  I have seen this used while 
searching for help on this subject.

host e2rb_004 {
        option host-name "e2rb_004";
        ddns-hostname "e2rb_004";
        hardware ethernet 00:10:60:31:b2:a0;
        fixed-address 172.23.93.38;
}


This does not add the hostname in DNS.  My configuration does work as a 
normal DDNS.  Any machine which sends it's hostname when requesting an IP 
*does* get added into DNS records.  What I would like to do is to handle 
those embedded devices which do *not* send hostname.

Here is the DHCPD options.


=== dhcpd.conf ===
authoritative;

ddns-update-style interim;
ddns-updates on;
ddns-domainname "mydomain.com";
ddns-rev-domainname "in-addr.arpa.";
update-static-leases on;
ignore client-updates;
one-lease-per-client true;

# WPAD definition
option wpad code 252 = text;

key MSI_DHCPD_UPDATER {
    algorithm hmac-md5;
    secret "mysecret";
};

zone mydomain.com. {
    primary 127.0.0.1;
    key MSI_DHCPD_UPDATER;
}

zone 93.23.172.in-addr.arpa. {
    primary 127.0.0.1;
    key MSI_DHCPD_UPDATER;
}

subnet 172.23.93.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
    option routers          172.23.93.1;
    option wpad "\n\000";
    option subnet-mask      255.255.255.0;
    option domain-name      "mydomain.com";
    option domain-name-servers  172.23.93.3,172.23.93.9,198.59.115.2;
    option time-offset      -25200; # Mountain Standard Time
    range dynamic-bootp 172.23.93.95 172.23.93.249;
    default-lease-time 57600;
    max-lease-time 57600;
    min-lease-time 57600;
    ddns-domainname "mydomain.com";
}


Any advice is appreciated.  Thank you.



Durwin F. De La Rue
Management Sciences, Inc.
6022 Constitution Ave. NE
Albuquerque, NM  87110
Phone (505) 255-8611


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