[COLUG] Lan hostname to IP resolution

Jeffrey Tadlock jeffrey at tadlocks.net
Fri Feb 22 20:17:21 EST 2008


On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Rob Funk <rfunk at funknet.net> wrote:
>  I personally recommend getting a router that can be flashed with firmware
>  such as DD-WRT (www.dd-wrt.com); the easiest hardware to recommend is the
>  Linksys WRT54GL (or some variant, see
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrt54g), though other routers will also
>  work.  I'm pretty sure that the DD-WRT firmware will handle the DHCP and
>  DNS the way you need.

If you go the additional router solution, I second Rob's suggestion at
finding something that supports DD-WRT.  It can do the DHCP setup and
dnsmasq Rob has described.  I have DD-WRT running on a pair of Buffalo
Tech routers and they have been ultra-reliable.

~Jeffrey


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