Ryan Malayter wrote: > On Apr 8, 8:58 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> /etc/hosts is a perfectly OK thing to use. It's not the only tool for >> the job and in most circumstances it's not the best tool but it works! >> >> For example, I have, I think, eleven computers in the house. I'll be >> damned if I'll take off my shoes just to count the computers! I have an >> RFC-1918 private network. I have not gone to the trouble of setting up >> a DNS server for my home. Those of my computers that need to talk to >> the others have hosts files! All have DNS resolvers and use my ISP's > > You don't need even need to set up your own DNS, there are lots of > them available for free. > Example: http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/. > Much more maintainable that enditing a bunch of hosts files by hand. >
It's all the same hosts file. Edit ONE copy and distribute it. NIS does the job on my Unix boxes. Since I seldom have reason to add a new computer, maintenance is not a big issue. I was introduced to the internet at a time when DNS was a revolutionary idea rather than a standard. I can appreciate the advantages of DNS but they don't apply in my particular case. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
