Using names, not IP addresses, in home network

[D. R. Evans]

Willy Hamra said the following at 04/12/2009 12:42 PM :
> 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 I've googled seems quite out of date.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

I don't understand why that necessarily changes anything.

I prefaced my remarks with the explicit assumption that he has root access.
 If the assumption holds, then the fact that it happens to be a router
makes no difference.

If the assumption doesn't hold, then we need more information.

I mean, basically the OP is saying "I need the DHCP function X; how do I
get it?" (I use "X" because I can't recall off the top of my head what
option is used to return names in DHCPOFFERs) The answer depends on the
details of how one configures DHCP on the device. If it's the standard way,
then the answer is as given; if it's not the standard way, then we need to
know how one configures DHCP on the device.

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