[Linux-disciples] hostname 'announce' on LAN

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 07:42:00PM +0200, Dylan Thurston wrote:
> > > > > > I seem to remember on same LANs you can ping systems by
> > > > > > their hostname directly (e.g., 'ping joehill' resolves to my
> > > > > > computer).
> > > > > You set up the DNS host on the LAN to have a default domain.
> > > > Ah hah.  Apparently my router doesn't support local DNS, however, and it
> > > > is the DNS host (it does permit setting a default domain).
> > > I don't understand what you write.  You want to set a default domain,
> > > so if your router does that, use it!  If it is the DNS host, then you
> > > have local DNS...
> > AS I understand it, my router, which is the DNS host, doesn't put local
> > systems in its DNS look-up.
> OK, this makes sense now.  I don't know what your router software
> does.  One thing you can do, regardless of what your router does, is
> tell all your computers on the LAN to ignore the DNS client the get
> from DHCP and use one of your local computers.  Alternatively, you
> could distribute a /etc/hosts file via NIS.

Ah, that's the simplest way.  I guess I never learned that you can just
pop hostnames into /etc/hosts and it will thus resolve properly.
-- 
Adam Kessel
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
Url : http://lists.bostoncoop.net/pipermail/linux-disciples/attachments/20040701/6e554027/attachment.pgp