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   Dan Purgert to Carlos E.R.   
   Re: How does setting a static IP on a mo   
   13 Apr 17 21:54:30   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > [...]   
   > 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.   
      
   If you're in the market for one, a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter ER-X is under 70   
   USD, and can do this.  By default, it doesn't, but it can be enabled   
   pretty easily.   
      
      
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