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

[David]

Hunter, are you looking for the dhcp client table?  I'm a bit confused 
as to what you're asking for.

David




On 06/20/2016 04:17 PM, Hunter Fuller wrote:
> 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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