XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2017-04-13 17:16, nospam wrote:   
   > In article , Carlos E.R.   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> He wasnts to be able toaddress his phone so he can ftp   
   >>>> to it, and transfer files to and from the phone using his Win computer.   
   >>>> As such not having to figure out what the IP address of the phone is   
   >>>> each time he does so is a convenience and he wants that convenience.   
   >>>   
   >>> if he was interested in convenience, he wouldn't be asking about static   
   >>> ips. he'd be asking about dns so he doesn't need to remember any ips.   
   >>   
   >> You are assuming he has a router with that capability. I have seen none.   
   >   
   > then you haven't seen very many routers.   
   >   
   > if the router supports dhcp server, and just about every router does,   
   > then it's very easy to use dns rather than ip addresses.   
      
   All the home routers I have used have DHCP capabilities, none have   
   configurable DNS capabilities.   
      
      
   > it also doesn't need to be done in the router at all. use zeroconf,   
   > which is entirely independent of the router.   
      
   which doesn't always work.   
      
   I get names such as "android-c2653....", and ping from the computer does   
   not work.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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