Thank you Arun!! I think I understand it better. Appreciate all your help!! Keith On 2024-07-24 11:52, Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss wrote: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 3:54 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am in the process of installing Ubuntu server 24.04 as a guest >> using >> VirtualBox on Win 10. To do so I have to deactivate my access >> control >> list on my router. >> >> This guest is in the initial process of being configured. I an on >> the >> very first question that is about the keyboard. >> >> I am looking at my firewall and is showing it has a device name of >> "UBUNTU-SERVER". It has an IP that I assume was provided by the >> router >> (dhcp). > > That would be correct. > >> Where does this device name of "UBUNTU-SERVER" come from? I assumed >> in >> the past this was the hostname. > > Most installations will give a default hostname in the OS. Most > systems, when requesting an IP from a DHCP server, will declare their > hostname. > Most likely your Ubuntu Guest OS has the hostname UBUNTU-SERVER. > Check the BASH prompt. > DHCP servers can also supply the device it's hostname but I don't > think that's the case in your setup. > >> In the past when I have configured a guest using Ubuntu 24.04 >> server, >> after completing the install, the device name in my router says >> "UNKNOWN". It does not show the hostname. > > Your router's DHCP server most likely ignores the client hostname. > > Use Wireshark (on your desktop) to capture the DHCP sequence if you > want to dig deeper into what's going on. > -- > > -- > > Arun Khan > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss