assigning hostname to unknown clients

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> Hi there,
> 
> I run DHCP 3.0pl2, and sending hostnames to known clients works just fine
> using these configuration options:
> 
> ===
> use-host-decl-names on;
> host somehost {
>                 hardware ethernet 00:11:22:33:44:55;
>                 fixed-address 123.123.123.123;
>         }
> ===
> 
> However, now I would like to have a range for guest computers with
> dynamically assigned IP addresses out of a pool:
> 
> ===
> subnet 123.123.123.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>         pool {
>                 range 123.123.123.200 123.123.123.210;
>                 allow unknown clients;
>         }
> ===
> 
> Unknown clients get their IP out of that range, however, I also would like
> to send them (i.e. the clients) a hostname via DHCP as well, e.g. guest10.
> Is there any option to do so? I already tried out various configuration
> options, but as soon as there is no fixed ethernet address assigned, it
> seems no host name gets send out.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> Florian
> 

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