On 2026-11-10, John Hasler <[email protected]> wrote: > nwe writes: >> The downside with dhcp, is, the automatic ip address assigned can >> change from time to time, which would prevent you from connecting via >> ssh to the linux box. The fix for that is to set a static ip address >> on the debian linux box, that is compatible with your internal >> network. > > Or to give the linux box a name.
But a name is tied to an address, isn't it, in /etc/hosts?
