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
   • <pre>BOOTPROTO=dhcp
   • <pre>HWADDR=00:E0:81:63:99:81 # This line is different for every card
   • <pre>ONBOOT=yes
   • <pre>TYPE=Ethernet
   • <pre>DHCP_HOSTNAME={hostname}
   • <pre>USERCTL=no
   • <pre>PEERDNS=yes
   • <pre>IPV6INIT=no
6. Save and exit.
7. Next, type in the following on the command promt to set hostname:

   •  hostname {hostname}.hypersecuresolutions.com