[clue] Qwest M1000 & host identification

[Jason Friedman]

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Jason Friedman <jason at powerpull.net> wrote:
>> Hi, I have an M1000 DSL modem and two hosts, both of which obtain
>> their IP addresses from the modem via DHCP.
>> I could not figure out how to reach one host from the other by
>> hostname.  I have to enter "ping 192.168.0.5" or whatever happens to
>> be assigned.
>>
>
> I'm not familiar with the M1000 modem, but many devices of this type
> have the ability to pin the lan addresses they give out to static
> values. You might want to check your manual (?) or call your
> provider's service number to see if that is possible. If you can do
> that, it's simple to code the host name/ip address for each in
> /etc/hosts on both systems, and then you can communicate via hostname.

Not bad advice, but calling Qwest can sometimes be painful.  I like
Dan's advice better, at least for now.