I cloned one of my Slackware machines to another box. I guess I did too good of a job because when I run both of these machines behind the same router they get the same IP address from dhcpcd

Does anybody know how to fix this?

Also does anybody know if there is a way to assign names that are only visible in my network and not visible outside..for example, can I set things up so I have box1 and box2 so I can do a "ssh user@box1" yet if that user browses webpages outside the LAN nobody can see the hostname or whatever field that is indentifying that box inside my network? Or does giving a name automatically mean it's visible whenever the machine is communicating with any other ip address?

Thanks a lot,
Rand

Have you tried running "netconfig" and giving new names to each computer? (Like "First" and "Second") for hostnames?

You can run netconfig or edit the files by hand and restart the network by /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart

The files you need to edit are /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and /etc/hosts

I would use static ip if the pc is a desktop instead of dhcp.

Hi CW, good to hear from you.

I know I can set hostnames in HOSTNAME. My question is really will this fix the problem, and will this name be visible outside my network? I don't want to assign names that are visible whenever these machines pull web pages etc.

Hi Cpoc, like I was saying I want to use hostnames only if they're not visible outside my LAN. I don't know much about networks but I think maybe this isn't what I want.

Your idea about not using DHCP may be a good one. I have a lot of systems multibooting on a lot of boxes and it would be a pain in the ass to have to fix up the configs on every machine to always grab the same ip address but I can see that this may be the only way.

Thanks,
Rand

You can block the ident port with iptables.

But netconfig does alot of stuff.

But a quick and dirty way is to use the line in rc.inet1.conf for changing the mac id (its in the wireless section), and putting it in the relative section or the config, with whatever mac address needed.

And ty for saying that. I've been a little busy....

So it sounds like you are saying if I don't run a name server then my host name will not be visible at all, even inside my LAN, but if I do run one I should block the ports? My router is closed so that should do it I think.

Heck, try it, let us know...One more brick, and all that...