[Tfug] LAN hostnames

[Tony]

It seems like janet will always be the computer with a host identifier 
greater than that of your Linux machine but less than 255. Assuming just 
the two computers, I think you could rely on the third line of 
outputfile.txt (from my previous post) for providing the correct IP 
address for janet. What I was realizing (late last night, mind you) is 
that you could extract the IP from there and then adjust /etc/hosts 
using a custom app -- the whole thing could be run via a script either 
automatically at boot time or over a given interval (possibly one 
matching the refresh rate of the DHCP server).

All that aside, if John's idea (about using an IP outside the 
Actiontec's range) will work, it's a much easier solution than what I'm 
suggesting.

And, if you can disable DHCP at the Actiontec somehow, it gets you 
around the whole thing.


Paul Scott wrote:
> 
> 
> joy:/etc/bind# nmap -sP 192.168.0.*
> 
> Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
> Host   (192.168.0.0) seems to be a subnet broadcast address (returned 1 
> extra pings).
> Host actiontec (192.168.0.1) appears to be up.
> Host  (192.168.0.2) appears to be up.
> Host  (192.168.0.3) appears to be up.
> Host   (192.168.0.255) seems to be a subnet broadcast address (returned 
> 2 extra pings). Note -- the actual IP also responded.
> Nmap run completed -- 256 IP addresses (4 hosts up) scanned in 7 seconds
> 
> 
> How does that help?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul
> 
>