Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I have managed to change my LAN from fixed IP to DHCP. I had somehow > expected the DHCP software to update my /etc/hosts file, so I would > still be able to ping hostname.
In general, this is not a problem because you are also running DNS. However, most dhcp clients allow scripts to be run after getting the IP, so you could write a script to update /etc/hosts. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! Fortune favors the lucky.
