Re: ssh on lan by hostname instead of dynamic ip

[Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com>]

Chris Lale(chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk) is reported to have said:
> 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

Thats correct Chris, dnsmasq is what I use and I connect via hostname with
ssh on the lan.  

Wayne

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