get.amped wrote: > Not really. The devices only have an IP address, either statically > assigned by you or dynamically assigned by a DHCP server on your > network. They aren't like Windows computers that will broadcast their > host name to other Windows computers, one of which ends up maintaining a > Browse list of Windows machines on the network. > > If you want to assign a host name to them and have other computers > resolve this name to an IP address, you could run a local DNS server. It > will either have static, manually updated A records for local hosts or > be configured to accept dynamic updates from your DHCP server. It will > also have to be configured to use one or more forwarders (DNS servers at > your ISP, OpenDNS, Google, etc.) to resolve names for hosts not on your > network, as in the entire Internet. Then each of your computers/devices > would be configured to use it for DNS. > > Alternatively, you can use a hosts or lmhosts file on each computer to > resolve host names to IP addresses on your network. For a small number > of devices that don't change IP addresses often, it's not too difficult > to keep them up to date. Each computer/device would be configured to use > your ISP's DNS servers but would use the contents of the hosts/lmhosts > file for local resolution.
Hmm? I have a number of linux devices which show a hostname - these show up in netscan. Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers Logitech Radio Logitech UE Smart Radio Raspberry Pi + Squeezeplug LMS + Squeezelite - Logitech Mini Boombox speaker Cubieboard + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker O2 Joggler + SqpOS + Aune X2 T-amp + Mordaunt Short ms-3.40 speakers IBOX + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101562 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
