Re: ssh on lan by hostname instead of dynamic ip

2007-06-22 Thread BartlebyScrivener
On Jun 22, 4:30 pm, Tod Detre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >if you're machines are set up with > ipv6 and are on the same lan, just use the ipv6 local address. you can > get this by doing ifconfig and using the inet6 addr. It should start > with fe80. Yeah, ipv6 address are long and hard to remember

Re: ssh on lan by hostname instead of dynamic ip

2007-06-22 Thread Tod Detre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > 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. You could set up your dhcp server to talk to a dns server and do your hostnames automatically, but i

Re: ssh on lan by hostname instead of dynamic ip

2007-06-22 Thread Bob McGowan
Chris Lale wrote: 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] But my router (on home LAN) assigns dynamic ip addresses. So my scripts don't work if the router happens to assign a

Re: ssh on lan by hostname instead of dynamic ip

2007-06-22 Thread Wayne Topa
Chris Lale([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > But my router (on home LAN) assigns dynamic ip

Re: ssh on lan by hostname instead of dynamic ip

2007-06-22 Thread Chris Lale
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > But my router (on home LAN) assigns dynamic ip addresses. So my > scripts don't work if the router happens to assign a di

ssh on lan by hostname instead of dynamic ip

2007-06-22 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Hello, I use unison and rsync on my home LAN. Everything works fine as long as I use ip addresses, for example, ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 machi