Using names, not IP addresses, in home network

[Mark Halegua]

On Sunday 12 April 2009 01:46:10 pm Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 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 I've googled seems quite out of date.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.
>
> --
> Dotan Cohen
>
> http://what-is-what.com
> http://gibberish.co.il

Create a hosts file in your /etc/ directory.  Use a text editor.

you will need to give each system a static IP address instead of using DHCP.  
The hosts file will look something like this:

# hosts file for home network system

192.68.1.1	router.homedomain		router
192.168.1.101	pc1.homedomain		pc1
192.168.1.110	pc2.homedomain		pc2



Each machine on the network must contain this file, and the addresses must be 
exact.  You can use a different sequence of address, but they must all be on 
the same subdomain.

Mark