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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:17:01 +0000
From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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Subject: Re: Hosts
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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.

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