[SWLUG] ... naming machines on a tiny network

[plebs.col at virgin.net]

Hi,

Not relevant perhaps but in the happy days before IndyCymru was sabotaged  
there was a computer contributing from Gorseinon that had the identical IP  
address to one in Carmarthen.

I puzzle how they sent emails to each other.

Ilyan

On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:31:15 +0100, Mark Summerfield <mark at qtrac.eu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a BT Voyager router (a few years old) & 3 machines. The router
> always gives the machines the IP addresses 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3, and
> 192.168.1.4. But not always the same number to the same machine. Is it
> possible to tie each IP address to a particular machine (and ideally to
> use names)? Two machines run Linux the other Mac OS X.
>
> I am not terribly good at sysadmin as you can guess...
>
> Thanks!
>