On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 22:16 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > 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 I think Ronnie hit the nail on the head tho, if the /etc/hosts file is correctly filed in, the box will/should in default config look to hosts file before it looks to DNS and since the local router will most likely give the same IP to the same MAC address when all the boxes are up, it should work. it may be the '@' part he is failing at. I use fish around here some times, works about like windo$ 'map network drive' with the only shortcoming is on my box I still can not scp anything larger than 2 gigs. (so I can not copy a dvd ISO) fish is a KDE _only_ front-end gui for ssh/scp. maybe the OP can let us know what happens now.
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