On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 19:24 -0700, Joel Uckelman wrote: > I have a laptop which is sometimes connected to the network via wireless > and sometimes via a wired connection. My router has a built-in DNS server > which will not permit the same name to be associated with two different > IPs, even if those two IPs are never in use simultaneously. Hence, when > BackupPC looks up the IP of my laptop, my laptop might not have that IP > at that time, which causes the backup to fail. What I'd like to happen > is for the backup to succeed so long as my laptop is reachable via > either IP address. > > How can I do this? Is there some way to give BackupPC a list of IPs to > try?
If the laptop is running MacOSX, modern linux or Windows with the apple bonjour software installed (it's installed automagically if you install iTunes etc) then try using the host name of "laptopname.local" obviously replacing laptopname with your laptop's name with any spaces etc taken out. -- Tim Fletcher <[email protected]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
