Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-17 Thread JD
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Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-17 Thread Peter Merchant
Tim, I want to use my Pi for many other projects, some on the 'bare metal' so I won't make it the DNS. I've also had a suggestion from a friend here in very rural Dorset. Configure my router to allocate static IP addresses. This seems to be possible with the Huawei but the GUI is

[Dorset] Computers for foreign countries

2013-08-17 Thread Peter Merchant
Does anyone know of any charity that does up computers for sending to foreign lands and wants some components? I am having a clearout and have mostly wireless stuff (Symbol, Netgear and Intel) and some Ethernet cards and a couple of Video cards. I think all of the wireless kit predates WAP

Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-17 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, I've also had a suggestion from a friend here in very rural Dorset. Configure my router to allocate static IP addresses. Whoa!!! You don't configure static IP addresses at the router. They are done on the individual hosts/devices. Perhaps what John's friend was suggesting it

Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-17 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi John, The router has the correct hostname for each computer but I get a refusal if I try, say, jd@jd-Dimension-5000, whereas jd@192.168.1.5 works. Ralph, the failure message was ssh: connect to host jd-Dimension-5000 port 22: Connection refused. OK, that means jd-Dimension-5000

Re: [Dorset] Computers for foreign countries

2013-08-17 Thread Tim
On 17/08/13 20:56, Peter Merchant wrote: Does anyone know of any charity that does up computers for sending to foreign lands and wants some components? I am having a clearout and have mostly wireless stuff (Symbol, Netgear and Intel) and some Ethernet cards and a couple of Video cards. I

Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-17 Thread Bob Dunlop
Hi, On Sat, Aug 17 at 08:44, Peter Merchant wrote: ... Whoa!!! You don't configure static IP addresses at the router. They are done on the individual hosts/devices. A static IP address can be configured by the router using DHCP in fact I find this a very useful feature of DHCP. All my