DHCP -> DNS producing error with printer

[Gerard Samuel]

On Wednesday 12 May 2004 04:07 pm, Mike Hogsett wrote:
> > I just got a Brother printer with a built in print server.
> > Im trying to set it up to work in my DHCP updating DNS scheme.
> > Using the printer's default name, Im always getting this DNS error ->
> > May 12 15:42:07 hivemind named[84]: owner name "BRN_448719.trini0.org" IN
> > (primary) is invalid - rejecting
> > May 12 15:42:07 hivemind named[84]: error processing update packet
> > (REFUSED) id 46124 from [192.168.0.1].1265
> >
> > If I were to change the printer's name to "printer", everything works
> > fine.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas why DNS doesn't like the hostname?
> > Im trying to setup the printer in its default state before I start
> > modifying its configuration, so any help would be appreciated..
>
> Blame Brother.  "_" is an invalid character in DNS.

Dammit...
I guess I'll just go ahead and change all references of the name to something 
sane, and see if things still work...
Thanks for the tip...