XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2017-04-13 20:26, 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.   
   >   
   > i don't know what routers you have, but i've yet to see one that   
   > doesn't.   
      
   I don't believe you. You are trolling.   
      
      
   We are talking here of a DHCP server in a home router that tells the DNS   
   server on the same home router which IP it has just assigned to a device   
   so that the name matches, and of course, it has to be configurable.   
      
   We are not talking of a separate DNS server.   
      
      
   The purpose is that any machine in the network can talk to any other   
   machine in the network by using its name (and running any operating   
   system, of course).   
      
   If your router does that, show the photos and post the make and model so   
   that we can read its manual, and we can consider buying that fantastic   
   machine for use at home, so it must also be cheap. Under 60 euros.   
      
      
   >>> 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.   
      
   No, I can't. It is not configurable at all.   
      
   If you think you can, tell me where. This router is manufactured by   
   Comtrend for Movistar:   
      
   http://www.movistar.es/particulares/atencion-cliente/internet/ad   
   l/equipamiento-adsl/routers/Comtrend-VG-8050/   
      
      
   Doc (English):   
      
   http://www.movistar.es/rpmm/estaticos/residencial/fijo/banda-anc   
   a-adsl/manuales/router-inalambrico-movistar-futura-ftth/Manual-u   
   uario-fabricante-Router-Fibra-Optica-Comtrend-VG-8050.pdf   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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