[Tfug] LAN hostnames

[Paul Scott]

A.Chris Hilton wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 18:28:32 -0700
> Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com> wrote:
> 
>>Brian Murphy wrote:
>>
>>>If the
>>>router can't do 'static' DHCP, where it has a table of MAC addresses
>>>which always get the same IP, you won't be able to keep the same IP
>>>on the same client system. 
>>
>>I don't think this is a choice with the current software.
> 
> You always have a choice :)  Your local machines (joy, janet et al.)
> don't HAVE to get their configurations (IP addresse, subnet, masks, dns
> info) from the actiontec. 

Yes.  I meant that the only configuration choices with the DHCP in the 
Actiontec were: on or off.  Mostly see my last reply to Brian.

> You can arbitrarily assign them as long as
> they are in the proper subnet.  You will then have to give each host all
> the other information it would normally get from the actiontec.  If you
> can't turn off DHCP on the actiontec, pick some addressess towards the
> high end of the range.  Edit your hosts' hosts files with the new
> information and it'll work just like it used to.

Certainly.  The magic of DNS just seemed like the way to go which is why 
I installed BIND before starting this thread.

> Yes there are ways to get IP information using the mac addresses of the
> nic's in each host by listening to the network traffic with a program on
> your DNS machine and feeding that via fancy bash script even Bowie would
> envy to your bind daemon.  Way too much work. 

Absolutely agreed!

> Do what Brian and Jon suggest and you'll be done in 10 minutes.

We'll see.  As you now know I was already part way to Brian's solution 
but you guys may have missed the beginning of the thread.

Thanks,

Paul