[randy@arabie.org: Re: [CLUE-Tech] Home network question]

[Randy Arabie]

As you can see, I'm not too familiar with Mutt.  By default it
ignores the CLUE munged headers and replies to the original poster.

Not enough coffee yet...I forgot to change the To: before I sent 
the message.

----- Forwarded message from Randy Arabie <randy at arabie.org> -----

From: Randy Arabie <randy at arabie.org>
To: Matt Gushee <mgushee at havenrock.com>
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] Home network question

On Thursday, 17 October 2002 at 23:58:54 -0600, Matt Gushee wrote:
> Well, if you've been following the Debian-DHCP thread, you know I've
> finally got DHCP working on one of my Linux boxes, and expect to have it
> working on the other shortly. But this solution creates a new problem:
> 
> I very often transfer files between my Linux boxes using scp &/or rsync.
> Up until now I've been doing that, and other things like ssh-ing, based
> on IP addresses. Since I've been starting networking manually for some
> time, for all practical purposes these machines have had fixed IP
> addresses. But with DHCP working, I can't count on the IP addresses, so
> I want to be able to access machines by hostname.
> 
> So my question is: what is the simplest way to enable Linux boxes on a
> small network to find each other by hostname?

One way would be to maintain /etc/hosts.  But then, you would need them 
each machine to have the same IP address each time it booted.  Which you 
can do with DHCP.  I have three boxes that always get assigned the same
IP by my DHCP server.  But, that is the key, it is _my_ DHCP server, so
I can configure it.  There is a section in the dhcp configuration file 
where you id machines by MAC address and set up the IP they will always 
get.

If you are relying on your ISP's DHCP assignments to both machines then I'm
not sure how that would work.  I suppose you would need DNS service that is 
update by DHCP assignments.  I'll have to think some more on that, and take
a look at some of my books...after I've had coffee., or maybe tonight while
my kernel is compiling :)

-- 
Allons Rouler!
        
Randy
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