As I said: I dont't use NDK and/or BIOS, but what I know about DHCP is that
the term "hostname" in combination with a DHCP client hints to something like the following:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-get-linux-static-dhcp-address/
theoretical background would be:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol#DHCP_options
and is table "Code 12"....
This is excactly what I meant with "hinting the server" with our own "hostname"! :-)
Kind regards, Joerg