Lars Noodén wrote: > On 06/15/2016 02:54 AM, emetib wrote: > [snip] >> dan has a good point about having your own nameserver. yet with only >> three computers in your home network it's not necessarily needed. >> >> wait i did that before. >> >> they are easy to set up and > [snip] > > Even easier is dnsmasq. It has both DHCP and some DNS. It is very easy > to set up and very useful for small and, probably medium, networks. It > will allow hosts on the LAN to get specific names if the hosts identify > themselves with the same MAC address each time. Many routers have it > built-in like openwrt, lede, and dd-wrt
dnsmasq "works" ... but it's kind of a pain, IMO. Then again, it might be because I cut my teeth on isc-dhcp-server / bind. -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O|