Re: [lwip-users] Setting the netif hostname without using DHCP

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 Karthik Vadambacheri Manian wrote:
> Basically I want to ping from a unix box not a windows box. I tried
> setting NETBIOS_LWIP_NAME but as you said it works for windows only.
> So without using DHCP in LWIP is there a way to set the hostname which
> I can ping from another m/c?
The question isn't if there is a way in lwIP to set a hostname, the 
question is how can you make your unix box know the name. And as far as 
I know, the only portable way under unixes is DNS. You could configure 
your local network's DNS server to translate names into addresses, but 
that's not what you want, I guess. BTW, using DHCP for that also only 
works if the DHCP- and DNS-server work together and are allowed (by the 
admin) to take hostnames suggested by clients.

Another method would be mDNS, but that's not available yet for lwIP 
(although there's a task for that on savannah, already) and you need 
special software for unix, too.

Simon