Freddie Witherden wrote: > Thank you for this. /etc/ethers and /etc/hosts is quite a nice > solution. However, I do have one query regarding mapping multiple > MACs/IP addresses to a single host. Several devices on my network have > both wired and wireless adapters and it would be nice if both could > share the same hostname; under the assumption that the two will never be > connected at the same time. Is this possible with /etc/ethers? >
Not with /etc/ethers, but there is an alternative that works. To save typing, I'll link to a previous answer: http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2011q2/005041.html HTH Simon.