[PLUG] Computer Name
Michael Rasmussen
michael at michaelsnet.us
Mon Apr 30 18:22:20 UTC 2018
On 2018-04-29 22:28, Dick Steffens wrote:
> I understand that computer names are somewhat arbitrary. I know a
> group that named their computers after the seven dwarfs. I tend to
> name my by the brand/model of the machine since it is rare that I ever
> have two alike. My two most recent machines were built by ENU (R.I.P).
> I named them ENU-1 and ENU-2. When I installed Ubuntu MATE 18.04 on
> the box I call ENU-1 I tried to use that name. The complaint was that
> there was already a computer on the network with that name, so for the
> time being I named it ENU-1.1.
>
> Two questions.
>
> 1. How did the install process know there was a computer named ENU-1,
> if ENU-1 wasn't there? Did it find it through a table in the router?
>
> 2. If I change that table will everybody be happy? (I have a list of
> computers in the router so that they always get assigned the same IP
> address.)
This sounds like the DHCP lease or configuration table. Yes you can
change it and everyone will be happy.
Names are completely arbitrary.
--
Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity
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