I don't think this will help you but I've the same problem, I think it's a dns client problem but I can't find anything about it in OS X. What I can tell you is that tha name in the preferences is not the dns name but only the Appletalk name.
I tried to change the DNS name is located in a file...
In system preferences> network> built in Ethernet>TCP/IP
I can see only TCP/IP address but not default gateway and Dns Server (I did't put them manually) there is a DHCP server that passes the addresses to the clients, what I need is something like "ipconfig /all" (windows NT or Windows 2000)...
Thanks a lot, "ifconfig -a" gave me some of the information I need but where can I check if the DHCP server passed the right default gateway and the DNS server to OSX?
Thanks again
I'm new user of OS X and I don't know Unix a lot so I think someone of you can help me.
I there something like win command "ipconfig" in OSX?
Does OS X support Dynamic DNS?(client side)
Insertin it manually Dns works well but OSX dind't register automatically to it (win 2000 server)
Thanks