[Nottingham] Two Entries in /etc/hosts

Richard Parsons rp at redwoodlegal.co.uk
Thu Apr 28 14:25:22 UTC 2016


Thanks everyone for your input! I'll let you know what works...

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:

> On 28/04/16 14:06, Jason Irwin wrote:
> > On 28 April 2016 at 13:28, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
> >> This is sounding like a Jason NLUG Howto page... ;-) ;-)
> > Not really, I'm not convinced the problem is being solved in the correct
> way.
> >
> > Also, the script it horrible. It works, just not in an elegant manner.
>
> The 'proper' way is any one or all of:
>
>
> An intelligent router;
>
> Your own local DNS to give out the appropriate local IP address in the
> first place;
>
> Or to use an internal name for the device to connect internally in the
> first place.
>
>
> Select depending on availability and capability.
>
>
> (For example for my own setup, I run my own DNS so that internal IP
> addresses are served internally for my own services.)
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
>
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