Re: How to bind host-name with an IP address

Hi Phil... with your approach, would the rabbitweb have the same IP Address if the router was to reboot?  The client/end-user doesn't necessarily know much about regarding IP Address.




--- In [email protected], Phil D <phil.dyke@...> wrote:
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> Why not boot in DHCP first time and then change the set-up to static ip
> configuration once happy with IP assume once the device is installed it
> will remain there.
> 
> I to would like to implement a host name setup will have to look into how
> windows achieves this.
> 
> On 20 June 2012 14:05, Ty <embeddedsupplies@...> wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> > Thanks guys for the great solution but I need a solution that would be
> > seamless to the client/end-user. So I think I'll have to implement a udp
> > server along with my http server. The UDP server would respond to broadcast
> > messages from the client with its IP Address, Mask, default gateway. The
> > client will need to send this broadcast before it communicate with the HTTP
> > server. I hope this is the most practical solution.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], Dean Leiber <adit@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jun 19, 2012, at 9:47 AM, Ty wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > The problem I have is within LAN, the rabbitweb IP address isn't
> > necessarily static ( 1 day it might be 192.168.1.13 and another day I might
> > be 192.168.0.12). The app that I use to connect to the rabbitweb via LAN
> > doesn't work 100% of the time. I need a way method for the app to connect
> > to the rabbitweb by a hostname( for ex. 'wxyz') instead of 192.168.0.13,
> > for example. I need to tell the router that the rabbitweb is also known as
> > 'wxyz'.
> > > >
> > > I haven't been following this too closely, but wouldn't something along
> > the lines of Zero Configuration Networking (zeroconf.org) (aka Bonjour
> > for the Mac people) be along the lines that you're looking for?
> > >
> > > Dean
> > >
> >
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