On 10/20/2013 07:26 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > While static IPs can be handy they often cause problems like you > describe above. The way around this is to DHCP instead, but give the > computer a memorable hostname. Then use hostname in the places you are > currently using static IP. This saved me just last week when someone > changed a router on a remote system I manage. The router used a > different default network, but because I was using hostnames no one > had to go in and adjust any static IPs.
Thanks for the comments. Galen mentioned something about them this afternoon, too. I must spend some time learning more about host names, and then setting them up. -- Regards, Richard C. Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
