[nzlug] assign host name to computer

[Hadley Rich]

On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:24:37 anru chen wrote:
> hi all:
>
> we have a small network, all computers are connected to a route, each
> time when a computer be booted up , the router will assigh a new ip to
> the computer.
>
> my question is how can i assign a fixed name to a computer that got
> different IP at each time?
>
> my router is a nomal adsl router that connected to a wall telephone jack.


Tell your router to offer a static IP based on MAC address and then setup the 
hosts file or DNS accordingly.

hads

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