<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Exchange Server"> <style></style> </head> <body> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <style type="text/css" style="">  </style> <div dir="ltr"> <div id="x_divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p>You either need to set up a DNS server, or edit the hosts file of every client that want to reach the pi via name instead of IP.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Just like a phone book, a DNS server translates Names to IP-numbers.</p> </div> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>Från:</b> ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com <ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com> för R Kimber <richardkimber@btinternet.com><br> <b>Skickat:</b> den 4 oktober 2016 16:03:38<br> <b>Till:</b> Ubuntu<br> <b>Ämne:</b> ssh question</font> <div> </div> </div> </div> <font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <div class="PlainText">I have a raspberry pi that runs max2play. My router sees this device as<br> 'max2play'. However if I try to ssh to it from my Ubuntu machine,<br> ssh root@max2play gives:<br> 'Could not resolve hostname max2play: Name or service not known'<br> I can, of course connect using the IP address.<br> <br> How do I configure ssh so that I can use the device's name? I tried<br> various suggestions.<br> ssh-keygen -R max2play, and ssh-keygen -R [IP]<br> seemed to work and update the known_hosts, but I still could not connect<br> (Name or service not known)<br> <br> I tried<br> >ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@max2play, but got<br> ssh: Could not resolve hostname max2play: Name or service not known<br> <br> Is there a simple way of aliasing the IP address with the name?<br> <br> - Richard<br> -- <br> Richard Kimber<br> <br> <br> -- <br> ubuntu-users mailing list<br> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br> </div> </span></font> </body> </html>