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

[Hunter Fuller]

David,

Please grab one of your PCs' host names. Then on another PC, run
"nslookup <that host name>" and paste the results.

I would expect that to work out of the box, so I'd like to see it in
the act of not working.
--
Hunter Fuller




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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