Enabling Client DHCP

Enabling DHCP with Hostname

1. To set the hostname, do the following:

   • vi  /etc/sysconfig/network

2. Edit /etc/sysconfig/network to look like the following:

   •  NETWORKING=yes

   • HOSTNAME={hostname}.hypersecuresolutions.com

3. Save and exit.
4. Then edit your ifcfg-eth0 config file with the following command:

   •  vi  /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

5. Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to look like the following:
   • <pre>

DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:E0:81:63:99:81 # This line is different for every card ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet DHCP_HOSTNAME={hostname} USERCTL=no PEERDNS=yes IPV6INIT=no

1. Save and exit.
2. Next, type in the following on the command promt to set hostname:

   •  hostname {hostname}.hypersecuresolutions.com