Re: ssh on lan by hostname instead of dynamic ip

[Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk>]

BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I use unison and rsync on my home LAN. Everything works fine as long
> as I use ip addresses, for example,
> 
> ssh rick@192.168.0.5
> 
> But my router (on home LAN) assigns dynamic ip addresses. So my
> scripts don't work if the router happens to assign a different address
> that day to one of my machines.
> 
> Is there a way to use ssh and rsync using hostname instead of ip
> address. It seems to me I've had this working once or twice, but then
> it stops.
> 

Not sure if dnsmasq[1] might help - it can serve the names of local machines
which are not in the global DNS. I've looked at it but never actually used it
myself.

[1] http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html


-- 
Chris.