XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   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.   
      
   i don't know what routers you have, but i've yet to see one that   
   doesn't.   
      
   > > 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.   
      
   while nothing is perfect, i've yet to see it fail.   
      
   > I get names such as "android-c2653....", and ping from the computer does   
   > not work.   
      
   then something is wrong.   
      
   you can also change that name to something easier to remember.   
      
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