Host name question

[Bill Schmitt (SW)]

Alexey Karguine wrote:

> Bill Schmitt wrote:
>
>>   Well, every other computer on the network is listed as an "attached
>>   device" except the FBSD box. And, when I've booted Knoppix in the
>>   past, it showed up, too.
>>
>>   Also, when I start Apache (2.0) I receive a message "Could not
>>   determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1
>>   for ServerName.
>>   Ruben de Groot wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 07:09:49AM -0400, Bill Schmitt (SW) typed:
>>  
>>
>> I know I've seen the answer to this question somewhere here, but I 
>> can't seem to find it. I'm running FBSD 4.9 on a machine which is 
>> connected to a router (Netgear) that provides DHCP services. The FBSD 
>> box gets the IP correctly (assigned based on the MAC address), but 
>> the router never sees it by name. I have the name of the machine in 
>> the hosts file and rc.conf, but the router never gets the name back. 
>> Can anyone help?
>>   
>> What makes you think the router *should* get the name back?
>>  
>>
> Please, show contents of /etc/resolv.conf file on your machine.
>
Two lines in resolv.conf:

search albyny.adelphia.net
nameserver 192.168.0.1

Thanks,

Bill