explaination of a value

[Glenn Satchell]

(asus-61977710) is the hostname in the original dhcp request from the
client.

regards,
-glenn

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>Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:02:03 -0600
>Subject: Re: explaination of a value
>From: Romer Ventura <rventura at h-st.com>
>To: "dhcp-users at isc.org" <dhcp-users at isc.org>
>
>NIC manufacture...?  Check who makes the NICs in that system... However, it
>looks like it is the client¹s hostname...
>
>
>On 3/5/08 11:46 AM, "Stephane Dugravot"
><stephane.dugravot at esstin.uhp-nancy.fr> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> In the dhcp log, we found a name of the station, in this example, we found :
>> asus-61977710
>>> Mar  5 12:11:14 radius1 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.29.160 to
>>> 00:13:02:dc:55:ec (asus-61977710) via eth0.522
>>>  Mar  5 12:11:14 radius1 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.29.160
>>> (192.168.29.253) from 00:13:02:dc:55:ec (asus-61977710) via eth0.522
>>>  Mar  5 12:11:14 radius1 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.29.160 to
>>> 00:13:02:dc:55:ec (asus-61977710) via eth0.522
>>>  Mar  5 12:31:10 radius1 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.29.160 to
>>> 00:13:02:dc:55:ec (asus-61977710) via eth0.522
>>>  Mar  5 12:31:10 radius1 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.29.160
>>> (192.168.29.253) from 00:13:02:dc:55:ec (asus-61977710) via eth0.522
>>>  Mar  5 12:31:10 radius1 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.29.160 to
>>> 00:13:02:dc:55:ec (asus-61977710) via eth0.522
>> 
>> What is this value ? It isn't the domain name ... So what exactly ?
>> Tx.
>> Stephane.
>> 
>> 
>
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