Windows Hostname

[nweaver]

Is this possible? It works great with all our linux clients. We set option 12 in the reservation with it's unique hostname, and it pulls it. Can't seem to find a way to get windows to do this. Any ideas? Is this possible?

If it's not, then that's too bad, as it's very very very handy, and would be another + for *nix and - for windows.

 

[nweaver]

bump...anyone have any idea? or an easy way to change the computer name based on that option12 from DHCP?

 

[spyordie007]

Sorry I've never tried to use DHCP to set hostnames on a Windows network. Do you have the capability of trying this in the lab to make sure that it's going to work like you're expecting?

I'm not really sure how that would work with domain members...

 

[nweaver]

Originally posted by: spyordie007
Sorry I've never tried to use DHCP to set hostnames on a Windows network. Do you have the capability of trying this in the lab to make sure that it's going to work like you're expecting?

I'm not really sure how that would work with domain members...

It's FOR the lab, so that when folks make changes and such, we can just roll out the base image and have the comp names right. It's also there for when we have linux clients, and I'm too lazy to change all 600 machines by hand

 

[mikecel79]

Originally posted by: nweaver
Is this possible? It works great with all our linux clients. We set option 12 in the reservation with it's unique hostname, and it pulls it. Can't seem to find a way to get windows to do this. Any ideas? Is this possible?

If it's not, then that's too bad, as it's very very very handy, and would be another + for *nix and - for windows.

Hostname is not the same thing as the computer name in Windows. In Windows the computername is bound to your SID in Active Directory (or in the SAM in NT 4.0). Changing the computername on a Windows machine and not letting it change in AD would reck havoc on your AD infrastructure. Your clients would be unable to setup the secure channel between them and the domain controller after grabbing the hostname.

I'm trying to find a list of DHCP options the Windows DHCP client uses but I can't seem to locate it right now.