ping using name instead of ip

[Bill Nash]

You can still used fixed addresses with a DHCP server, by tying MAC
address to certain IPs. Relieves the need to configure your machines by
hand, but you can still keep statis IP mappings. There should be options
in your DHCP documentation explaining how to set up those bindings.

- billn

On 11 Jan 2003, mazdaracer wrote:

> Before I used to use fixed addresses on my systems and had the data in
> the hosts file. Now with DHCP, the host files don't know who's around.
> There is really no need for me to use DHCP, but I thought I'd use it to
> learn some stuff. Do I have to make my DHCP server (it's all one box
> anyway right now) a DNS server? Or?
> pete
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