zeronconf looks pretty close indeed to what I was looking for... I'll give it a try tonight and will report the results shortly!
Cheers, Pierre. 2012/9/11 Charles Goyard <[email protected]> > Hi, > > let me advocate zeronconf vs. static IP a little more. > > Charles Goyard wrote: > > Keep dhcp on to satisfy the network topology, and try zeroconf. > > Also, it can perfectly be that mdns is enabled by default on Raspian. > You can check by issuing a "ping yourpihostname.local" from the raspi. > > I find the static IP way a lot more time consuming and error prone. The > IP you choose can be free at the moment you set it, but if a new > computer pops up in the network, you can have a conflict. Example: on my > network my printer has a reserved IP in the DHCP configuration. If you > happen to pick this apparently available IP and I turn the printer on, > that's a big mess, because you have not respected the network > administrator's work :). > > Zeroconf has been made for that: you know nothing about the network and > still you're reachable by name. Easy, fast, default on Ubuntu and Apples. > > Search "avahi" in this page: > > http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38/prepare-for-ssh-without-a-screen > > To have zeroconf installed in windows: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL999 > (yes, it's supposed to be about printers but it works for the whole > system) > > Cheers, > > -- > Charles > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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