Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple addresses/routes for one ethernet card possible?

[Michael]

On Saturday, 24 October 2020 16:33:44 BST Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 09:41:01AM +0100, Michael wrote
>
> > However, if only one router is connected to the PC at any time, my
> > personal preference would be to use the *same* LAN subnet on both
> > routers and configure the routers' static IP address allocation to
> > the same IP address for the PC's MAC.
>
>   I'll look into the "advanced settings menu" on both routers and see if
> I can change the LAN subnet.  I want to avoid dhcp so that I can backup
> and transfer files and ssh between machines using short names in
> /etc/hosts rather than fiddle around with literal IP addresses.

You should be able to do both of your required functions.

Almost all routers I've come across have the capability of configuring their 
LAN subnet, static LAN client IPs for selected MAC addresses, and setting host 
names to resolve to static LAN IPs.  So the routers' configuration should be 
able to achieve all of your desired functionality.  In any case, additionally 
setting /etc/hosts locally will similarly direct clients to preconfigured 
static IPs without resolving the host names in either router.