Unable to get hostname by linksys BEFW11S4 router

akhil1 · 03-30-2004, 03:28 AM

Hi,
I am new to the Linux networking.

I have two Linux boxes (L1 and L2) running Redhat Linux 9.0. They are on a LAN and getting their dynamic IP addresses from Linksys BEFW11S4 router. My problem is:

1. How can I provide hostname to each of the linux box? I am unable to ping L1 to L2 or vice-versa using hostname of box. Although I can ping them using IP addresses.

2. How can I share my files available on L1 from L2?

Thanks in advance.

skel · 03-30-2004, 11:48 AM

the simplest way is to add entries in your /etc/hosts file. Using this approach, the machines will need static ip addresses (or they need to be online frequently enough that their dhcp lease never expires).
have a look at: http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pser...htm#seg3b0sara

For sharing files between two linux machines i would use nfs:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html

But if there are also windows machines on the network, then use samba:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html

akhil1 · 03-30-2004, 11:12 PM

Thanks, but I don't know the IP addresses (as they are dynamically alloted by DHCP router). Is there any way I can enter hostname in /etc/hosts without IP address?

One more point I don't want to add entries in /etc/hosts for each linux box available on my network. Is there any way to do it?

Please help.

akhil1 · 04-08-2004, 12:57 AM

No suggestions so far!

Should I change the netwrok architecture itself? Any suggestion.