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Date:      Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:17:01 +0000
From:      Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hosts
Message-ID:  <20160228101701.9697655568ffdad305ba9328@sohara.org>
In-Reply-To: <56D2C3E0.8030406@cloudzeeland.nl>
References:  <56D2C3E0.8030406@cloudzeeland.nl>

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On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:54:40 +0100
JosC <bsduser@cloudzeeland.nl> wrote:

> Is there a wayI can link domain names to MAC addresses instead to IP 
> addresses?

	No because domain names are global in scope while MAC addresses are
local.

> Used to give some internal harware fixed ip's and described that in my 
> /etc/hosts file, but as for some I use DHCP, I cannot use that anymore.

	You can set up DHCP to issue fixed addresses based on MAC.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>




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