Ronald J. Hall wrote:
On Thursday 08 December 2005 08:01 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
If he were using static IP addresses, or if the DHCP server on the
router can be configured to always give the same IP address based
on the MAC address, then he can add entries in /etc/hosts to let him
use host names instead of IP addresses. If he says with dynamic IP
addresses, then he will need to get the zero config software working
correctly in order to use hostnames. What may be happening is that
the dhcp client is overwriting /etc/resolv.conf, so he is trying to
use the router's name server to look up local host names.
Mikkel
I've never used the zero config stuff. Seemed to be more trouble than it was
worth.
I feel the same way. I like to have more control over my network
then zero config would give me. Because of this, I have not done
anything with it. I don't have mDNSResponder running here. About
all I know is that it has to be running on all the machines and
that it is somehow connected with howl... The idea is that DNS is
automaticly updated to reflect the machines connected on the local
network. (Plug and Play for DNS?)
Maybe someone that is actually using it can take over from here, and
help the op get it working?
Mikkel
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