/etc/dhcpc/dhcpc-eth1.info
DHCPSNAME=’puppy’
answer to your first question is here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=55564
The relevant bit is this:
Try editing your /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf file and unremming/editing the line:
send host-name “yourhostnamehere”;
Then do:
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
sudo ifup eth0
Edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf with this command:
gksudo gedit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf