Hello, For the longest time, the default ArchLinux networking setup had one deficiency: it would not send the machine hostname to the DHCP server / router when acquiring a DHCP lease. As a result, I was never able to ping/ssh my ArchLinux system by its hostname from other machines in my home network --- instead, I was always forced to type out my ArchLinux system's IP address in full. I looked high and low across the 'net before I finally found the answer in the dhcpcd.conf man page: the solution is to add the following line to your /etc/dhcpcd.conf file: hostname One thing that confused me is this line in the default ArchLinux /etc/dhcpd.conf file: # dhcpcd-run-hooks uses these options. option domain_name_servers, domain_name, domain_search, host_name The "option host_name" part *seems* like it would send your machine's hostname to the DHCP server, but it really doesn't. Maybe that's a bug? I request the developers in charge of the default ArchLinux networking setup to make the above change, so that ArchLinux systems send their hostnames to the DHCP server (and therefore can be pinged/ssh'ed/accessed by their hostname) out of the box! Thanks for your consideration.
