On Mon, Nov 09, 2026 at 22:40:40 -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: > You are correct, my Linux box will share my studio with me. > And, I dare say your syntax is correct too. > Still, I suppose I was hoping to substitute a name for that IP address. > Although, in case I need to secure one of my own, does one buy the right to > use one exclusively?
If the two computers are on the same network, you don't need to buy any domains for them to talk to each other using names. On the Debian computer, use the /etc/hosts files to store the names and IP addresses of the other system(s) in your network, so it can talk to them by name. On the MS-DOS computer, put the names and IP addresses in whatever the MS-DOS or ssh2d386 equivalent of the /etc/hosts file is. There must be one.
