Re: time question, as in ntp?
Max Nikulin wrote:
> From my point of view, it should be possible to put a file with
> mapping of mac addresses to desired IPs and names to his dd-wrt
> router. I expect that dnsmasq is running or can be installed
> there. Dnsmasq as a DHCP server on the router should be better than
> maintaining hosts files on each machine.
dnsmasq will get the hostnames from the machines and put them in its
dns. There is really no need to manually enter any MAC addresses or IPs
anywhere.
I suspect that had the machine been plugged into a network equipped with
a properly configured DHCP server it would just work.
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John Hasler
john@sugarbit.com
Elmwood, WI USA
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