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On Mon, 2012-04-23 at 00:15 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote:
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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? :-)
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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 (;-).<BR>
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