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

[Dick Bain]

those IP addresses are private ones exclusive to individual networks,
their IP address for the internet will be assigned by their ISP
HTH
Dick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network


2009/6/3  <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!
>>
>
>
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