Okay, I think that's basically what I am doing now. I am using a Linux box as a router, DNS server, web server, mail server, ftp server, Gopher server, you name it... Stationary workstations are simply set up to use a static address which never changes and is always attached to a specific hostname. They are also hard wired to the network, as in Cat 5 cable. Mobile devices, lap tops, iPods, cell phones, or other devices that drift on and off the network are automatically leased an address via DHCP protocol. However, they are not mapped to a hostname., they are addressed only by their assigned ip number. Only the stationary, hard wired work stations are set to a fixed static ip addy and mapped to a specific unchanging hostname.
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