[MLB-WIRELESS] DNS, DHCP, static ip...

[dwayne]

Drew wrote:

> I see a lot of problems occuring with that scheme... 


Like what?

> I think it would be better to do the area descriptions in the 
> hostnames... ie. x.suburb.mlbwire.wan 



This makes sense, but doesn't the postcode idea just embody this in 
numerical form?
Ahhhhh, I see, you want dns names as well as IP numbers.


> or another idea from the seattle wireless group... 
> http://seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/DnsProposal  Although i think 
> their hostnames are a bit too long... I'd like to see 
> nodeid.suburb.mwn (melbourne wireless network) myself.


Yuppo, but why not replace suburb with postcode?  Make the .suburb. the 
postcode?

Dwayne


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