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Set up hostnames on a home network

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Mar 15, 20265361 views
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In my home network, I would like to be able to set up hostnames on my network, rather than accessing computers by IP: e.g. How would I go about doing this? All of these have a static IP address. I know I would be able to do this by editing the hosts file on all these computers, but is their a neate…

Error Output

webserver.mynetwork = a Linux VM running on my computer
mylaptop.mynetwork = My laptop (Linux)
mylaptopwin.mynetwork = My laptop while booted into Wi…

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Hosts file would be the easiest solution. The only other way would be if you control your own DNS server, in which case you will just need to insert a few entries. You may be able to set up a DNS server if you have another pc on 24/7, but if not, I …

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