Using names, not IP addresses, in home network

[Willy Hamra]

2009/4/12 D. R. Evans <doc.evans at gmail.com>:
> Dotan Cohen said the following at 04/12/2009 11:46 AM :
>> I have a few computers on a home network, and currently the router
>> assigns them IP addresses with DHCP. However, I find that every few
>> weeks the addresses change. How can I name the machines names such as
>> "laptop" and "ety" instead of useing IP addresses? Everything that
>> I've googled seems quite out of date. Thanks.
>
> Assuming that you have root access to the machine that is handing out the
> IP addresses:
>
> edit /etc/dhcpd.conf to hand out names (and you might as well make the IP
> addresses static at the same time).
>
> It doesn't matter of the google articles you found are old. This stuff
> hasn't changed in forever.

lol, he said it's a router doing DHCP :P

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