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On 12/19/2010 05:28 PM, Dale wrote: |
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> I want fireball to get a fixed IP from the router and I want smoker |
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> to get a fixed IP from the router. I think I know how to do that much. |
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When I first set up my TrendNet router I worried about that, too. After |
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spending many hours doing exactly what you're doing, I finally noticed |
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that the DHCP server running on the router always assigned each machine |
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the same IP address anyway, so I gave up and used the default router |
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settings for everything and got fixed IP addresses by default. |
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I believe the router assigns IP addresses based on the MAC address of |
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each ethernet chip. At least the router's configuration menu lets me |
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make adjustments based on MAC addresses, but I'm just guessing there. |
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If your router does the same, you can add smoker and fireball to your |
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/etc/hosts using the IP addresses that your router (always) assigns |
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them, so you can address them each by name on your local network. |
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I also noticed by using a port scanner on my router that it listens |
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on port 23 as well as port 80, so I can telnet to the router and really |
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look under the hood at its linux guts. I don't think the manual gave |
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that secret away, IIRC. |
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