> Currently I have an ADSL (D-Link) modem which serves
> also as a hub, with the IP address 192.168.1.1
> Since this box has DHCP enabled and all computers
> connect through this way, starting with
> 192.168.1.2
> Through ssh I can connect easily to another machine
> with something like:
>
> ssh -X -l username 192.168.1.3
>
> Instead of '192.168.1.3', how can I use the hostname
> of the remote machine?
> Do I need to work with static IP addresses which can
> be assigned in the hub?
The cheap home-ADSL-routers do not have enough configurability for a complete
DCHP-DNS integrated setup.
two possibilities exists for DNS-DHCP integration .
1 ) Microsoft active directory DHCP and DNS
( this is probably not what we want to build as Solaris hackers )
2 ) ISC BIND ( DNS ) + ISC DCHP
ISC BIND is already included in Solaris , However SUN is shipping their own
DHCP server so the integration between DNS and DCHP is probably not that
good.
http://www.isc.org/index.pl
So the ADSL Router can possible be configured to Always offer the same IP
adress
to specific MAC addresses from a Specific NIC, and therefore ensure that a PC
always recives the same IP Adress. But the ADSL Router cant ship this info
off to a DNS server so that the IPadress gets associated with a name.
You can ofcourse build a DNS service with Static content. which will work
with the ADSL-ROuters Static list of preconfigured MAC_to _IP DHCP service.
However only the two case above will work with dynamically distributed IP
adresses.
//Lars
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