[ML-General] ftp to other computers on my subnet via name instead of dhcp ip address

[Jeff Cotten]

This might be what you're looking for:

https://support.rackspace.com/how-to/modify-your-hosts-file/



On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 4:00 PM, David <ainut at knology.net> wrote:

> To transfer files via ftp, for example, currently I have to go to the
> target computer, log in, run ifconfig or ipconfig and get it's current dhcp
> ip address, write it down so i don't forget, go back to the host computer,
> then ftp to that ip address.  I cannot get the Linksys/Cisco WRT320N router
> to use the computer name, versus the ip address, even though it keeps the
> dhcp client list internally to itself.  This has gotten to be just too
> aggravating.
>
> So, is there a way I can get this router to do one of it's most basic jobs?
>
> Alternatively, is there a way to have each and every Winblows and Linux
> computer on my little home-net keep it's own internal table of computer
> name vs ip addresses so I don't have the hassle every time I want to move
> files from one to another?
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>
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