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

[David]

Dawg, I called Linksys and they told me that this (expensive) 
wifi/router does not have that capability!!!  I'm not sure the "tech" 
person I talked to could even spell router, so take that with a grain of 
salt.

I've been looking at OpenWRT and it sounds great, BUT their instructions 
for loading it into my router are baffling.  They seem to have a version 
for the Raspberry Pi, but none of the Pi's have gigabit ethernet and 
they all have only a single wired ethernet connector.  <sigh>  I can't 
really afford to dedicate a desktop machine to do the routing.



On 06/20/2016 04:32 PM, WebDawg wrote:
> Also you may need to use the host.domainname that your linksys device 
> is passing.
>
> It depends how it is all configured I think.
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 4:00 PM, David <ainut at knology.net 
> <mailto: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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