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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello Guys,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I’m looking for some advice on how to set a network ‘name’
for my voyage system. At the moment I have /etc/network/interfaces looking like
so, the standard setup:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>auto eth0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>iface eth0 inet dhcp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Now, when looking at all devices which are connected to my
router, all of my windows based devices all have ‘names’ listed in
the connected LAN devices list which makes them very easy to identify, such as ‘Rob’s
PC’ or ‘Email Server 1’, however, the Linux devices display
no name, this becomes a problem when we have several devices connected on a
DHCP and I’m trying to identity which is which so I can grab the IP that’s
been assigned and SSH in.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Is it possible to set a name for the device so it will
display as ‘My Voyage Box’ or something to that effect? I’d
guess it’s going to involve changing the above but I have no idea what
too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Robert<o:p></o:p></p>
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