[NTLUG:Discuss] dhclient problems

[kbrannen@gte.net]

I've got some RH9.0 systems that are runing dhclient, and they don't work so 
well. :-(

While they register themselves just fine, to a MS DHCP server, if you try a 
forward lookup (e.g. "host my-comp-name"), you get an error back about unknown 
server.  BTW, the computer has a static hostname, not a DHCP assigned one.

In an attempt to track this down, I installed Suse8.2 on the system (actually 
another HD), and it worked just fine.  Of course, it used dhcpcd instead of 
dhclient, but this proves the MS DHCP servers will do the right thing if you 
talk to them correctly.

Therefore, this appears to be a either a configuration issue, or a flaw in 
dhclient.  Can someone confirm either of these guesses?  Or is there another 
problem I'm not aware of?  Googling doesn't seem to help, at least not so far. :-(

Thanks,
Kevin