Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-17 Thread JD
Message: 3 Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:32:39 +0100 From: Andrew To: dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts Message-ID: <5208e3f7.1050...@ziltro.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed On 12/08/2013 14:04, JD wro

Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-17 Thread Peter Merchant
Tim, I want to use my Pi for many other projects, some on the 'bare metal' so I won't make it the DNS. I've also had a suggestion from a friend here in very rural Dorset. Configure my router to allocate static IP addresses. This seems to be possible with the Huawei but the GUI is tortuous

[Dorset] Computers for foreign countries

2013-08-17 Thread Peter Merchant
Does anyone know of any charity that does up computers for sending to foreign lands and wants some components? I am having a clearout and have mostly wireless stuff (Symbol, Netgear and Intel) and some Ethernet cards and a couple of Video cards. I think all of the wireless kit predates WAP a

Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-17 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, > > I've also had a suggestion from a friend here in very rural Dorset. > > Configure my router to allocate static IP addresses. > > Whoa!!! You don't configure static IP addresses at the router. They > are done on the individual hosts/devices. Perhaps what John's friend was suggestin

Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-17 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi John, > > > The router has the correct hostname for each computer but I get a > > > refusal if I try, say, jd@jd-Dimension-5000, whereas > > > jd@192.168.1.5 works. > > Ralph, the failure message was "ssh: connect to host jd-Dimension-5000 > port 22: Connection refused". OK, that means jd-Dim

Re: [Dorset] Computers for foreign countries

2013-08-17 Thread Tim
On 17/08/13 20:56, Peter Merchant wrote: Does anyone know of any charity that does up computers for sending to foreign lands and wants some components? I am having a clearout and have mostly wireless stuff (Symbol, Netgear and Intel) and some Ethernet cards and a couple of Video cards. I th

Re: [Dorset] Can I use hostnames with ssh without editing /etc/hosts

2013-08-17 Thread Bob Dunlop
Hi, On Sat, Aug 17 at 08:44, Peter Merchant wrote: ... > Whoa!!! You don't configure static IP addresses at the router. They are > done on the individual hosts/devices. A static IP address can be configured by the router using DHCP in fact I find this a very useful feature of DHCP. All my porta