[NTLUG:Discuss] hostnames on dhcp network

[terry]

fredjame wrote:
> My home network has an "box" in it that:
> (1) belongs to my employer and I'm not allowed to touch it.
> (2) acts as router/switch/firewall and divides traffic between the
> (2-a) Internet and the
> (2-b) Intranet (VPN) and
> (3) acts as a
> (3-a) DHCP server for local devices, as well as
> (3-b) a DHCP client as regards my ISP
> The hosts on my LAN are mostly Linux, and one MS 98.
> 
> Is there a way for each Linux host to known by name over this LAN so 
> that I could connect to it by name, or am I going to have to use IPs.  
> If I have to use IPs I'll have to check from time to time to be sure of 
> what they are, so it might be nice if they could use names.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer.
> Regards
> Fred James
> 
> 

If you just set those PCs to static IPs, then you can refer to them by 
name, list them in your /etc/hosts file, and your good to go.