[plug] ip address and interface question (new)

[Ian Kent]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Craig Dyke wrote:

> This going to seem a dumb question compared to the previous but I was curious
> so here goes:
> 
> I know there is a file to marry ip addresses and hostnames (in both
> directions)
> 
> ie   127.0.0.1   MyName
> 
> &
> 
>    MyName   127.0.0.1
> 
> My question is, if you are receiving your address from dhcp, is it possible to
> get it so you can ping
> the hostname:

Only if you update you hosts file manually or you have a dynamic dns 
server somewhere and an application that knows how and when to send 
updates.

See for example http://www.dyndns.org/

That's what I use for my dhcp allocated ADSL.

Ian