Linksys CableDsl Router and DHCP etc.

kung__fusion_at_hotmail.com
Date: 06/06/04 

Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:46:11 -0400

I just installed a Linksys router to share broadband between
a Windows "XP Home" and a Redhat Linux machine. The
internet sharing is fine. What I'd like to do, if it can be
done simply, is to keep the router and machines set up
to use dynamic IP addressing but be able to refer to
the machines on the Lan by name. All the solutions
I could find using Google disable dynamic IP and
require filling in the ISP nameserver IPs. I'd rather
not do that since they tend to change and the ISP
is really set up to dynamically query for the DNS
server. Plus if I keep them dynamic if need be I
can pull out the router and connect the NIC
directly to the modem and get on the air easily
again(as in the case of giving the older machine
to somebody with broadband etc..)

I want to be able to transfer files back and forth but
I don't want to get into Samba setup right now since
the Linux machine is likely to change to Mandrake
and then another PC altogether, so I don't want
to put too too much sweat into it. Just NFS or
somehow lob files ocassionally back and forth.
I'd rather not have to do the ftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
url thing with FTP or something that clunky if
I don't have to though. :)

TIA

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