OT: Getting local IP addresses from a gateway

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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On 04/22/2012 08:11 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-04-23 at 00:15 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> Am 23.04.2012 00:09, schrieb Jonathan Ryshpan:
>> > I need to get the IP numbers of local hosts, i.e. hosts inside
my gateway's firewall. The domain name server in
>> > the gateway provides the IP addresses of hosts and sites on the
internet, but does not provide the IP addresses for
>> > hosts on my local net. The gateway is aware of their names and
addresses; one of its admin screens shows them,
>> > exactly as they identify themselves. A chat session with
customer support (an extract follows) indicates that this
>> > function is definitely not available. The problem is not
disastrous, since the addresses, once assigned, are
>> > pretty much static, and so can be put into /etc/hosts. However
this looks a little like a hack.
>>
>> have you ever heard about DNS? :-)
> I have. The gateway includes a mini DNS server within itself, as
you probably know. I could set up a DNS server on one of my hosts,
but don't think this would be worth the trouble, since there will be
at most 4 of them. Thanks for your advice, which is well meant
though mischievously stated (;-).
>
> jon
>
With that few hosts, you may want to have your router assign
specific IP address to each MAC address, so that they are always the
same, and use the host file as you stated. I have not checked the
specifications for your router, but most will let you assign a
static IP address in the DHCP setup. The only drawback is that if
you change NICs, you have to modify the settings in the router, or
change the configuration on the computer so it uses the old MAC
address...

Mikkel
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