[Tfug] LAN hostnames

[Paul Scott]

Tony wrote:
> 
> 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).

Sounds complicated and unnecessary.

If I bring my box to TFUG one night and a few other normal things happen 
then this might no longer be true.  What if I even shut down both 
machines because of a storm?

> 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.

Maybe my ignorance is showing but from what I have read so far there 
should be a fairly simple way for this to work.  Setting up NIS should 
be one of these but I don't see why named (BIND) won't do this with a 
few simple setup conditions.

Thanks,

Paul