[clue] Qwest M1000 & host identification

David L. Anselmi anselmi at anselmi.us
Sat Feb 12 19:31:08 MST 2011


Jason Friedman wrote:
> 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.

Besides what's already been suggested you can use a DNS server that supports DDNS, you can use 
zeroconf, and probably others (LDAP can handle host maps and can probably be updated dynamically).

Dave


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