--- In r..., Tom Collins wrote:
>
> On Jun 20, 2012, at 7:13 AM, Phil D wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> When a DHCP server issues an address, it has a timed lease. At the end of
that time, if the device has not renewed the lease, the address goes back into
the address pool and can be assigned to another device.
>
> Most DHCP servers can be configured to associate an IP address with a fixed
MAC address so your rabbit would always get the same IP.
>
> > I to would like to implement a host name setup will have to look into how
windows achieves this.
>
> Take a look at http://rabbitlib.sourceforge.net/ -- it includes support for
the Windows NetBIOS protocol, which I assume includes NBNS name resolution.
Machines on your local network would be able to use a fixed hostname in the web
browser to connect to the Rabbit. I haven't used that version myself, and
I also have a copy of another implementation that an engineer from Argentina
sent me 3 years ago.
>
> If you want to allow connections from across the Internet, it's necessary
to configure your router/firewall to forward connections on the public IP
address to your internal Rabbit. The Rabbit may need to learn its public IP
address (I think recent DC 10 releases have an HTTP client sample that does
that) if it includes that IP in any of the web pages it generates (like a page
redirect).
>
> Recent DC 10 releases also have a sample (dyndns.c) that connects to
dyndns.org and updates a hostname for any given IP. You can have the Rabbit
check its address periodically, and then send an update request to dyndns.org if
the address has changed.
>
> -Tom
>
Thanks Tom, I like your solution along with Scott @ shdesigns2003. The
end-user/client doesn't get involve.
How to bind host-name with an IP address
Started by ●June 19, 2012
