On Mon, 2012-04-23 at 00:15 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote: > Am 23.04.2012 00:09, schrieb Jonathan Ryshpan: > > I need to get the IP numbers of local hosts, i.e. hosts inside my gateway's > > firewall. The domain name server in > > the gateway provides the IP addresses of hosts and sites on the internet, > > but does not provide the IP addresses for > > hosts on my local net. The gateway is aware of their names and addresses; > > one of its admin screens shows them, > > exactly as they identify themselves. A chat session with customer support > > (an extract follows) indicates that this > > function is definitely not available. The problem is not disastrous, since > > the addresses, once assigned, are > > pretty much static, and so can be put into /etc/hosts. However this looks > > a little like a hack. > > have you ever heard about DNS? :-)
I have. The gateway includes a mini DNS server within itself, as you probably know. I could set up a DNS server on one of my hosts, but don't think this would be worth the trouble, since there will be at most 4 of them. Thanks for your advice, which is well meant though mischievously stated (;-). jon
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