Re: How to store/get hosts names when using dhcp ?

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

H.S. wrote:
> Jabka Atu wrote:
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> > Hello,..
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> > I'm upgrading my small home network .
> > today i use /etc/hosts on each machine to figure out where each host
> > goe's as in :
> >
> > 192.168.0.1 whitebox.rent.net whitebox
> > 192.168.0.2 bluebox.rent.net bluebox
> > 192.168.0.3 blackbox.rent.net blackbox
> >
> > since if i do any change in machine ip i will be forced to update all
> > files.
> > how can i make it _dynamically_ (As in if some computer is connected
> > to the network then all other computer know about it 
>
> I have used dnsmasq package for this. Pretty easy to configure via its 
> conf file. Helped streamline my home network. HTH.
>
> ->HS

Perhaps I should clarify this a bit further. I have one machine 
connected to the internet via its eth0. Its eth1 is connected to a 
switch and all my home machines are connected to that switch. dnsmasq is 
installed on that router machine and it acts as a DHCP server for my 
home network.


->HS