Set static IP and hostname for hosts

[tratek]

Hi,

Using LAN - DHCP-server I wanted to manually assign IP 192.168.x.x to printer device1 so that I can then ping it via hostname >> ping device1 instead of ping 192.168.x.x
How can I do that as adding "Host Name (Optional)" device1 does not work or I miss something?

Regards,

 

[ColinTaylor]

It should work. There's no "trick" to it. But your client does need to be using the router as it's DNS server and not some other server (like 8.8.8.8).

 

[tratek]

1) clients are using router's DNS
2) it doesnt work:

3) any hints?

 

[ColinTaylor]

You don't need to hide private IP addresses (or MAC addresses) it just make things more difficult to diagnose.

Is this printer connected to main LAN's Wi-Fi or is it connected to a guest Wi-Fi network?

What output do you get from from nslookup drukarka_wifi ?

 

[tratek]

1) nslookup below (it finds the device by its name)
2) druarka (printer) does responde to ping via IP

 

[ColinTaylor]

This is appears to be a client side resolution issue. Try doing:

ping drukarka_wifi.

Include the "dot" at the end of the name.

 

[tratek]

nice! that worked ;-)
C:\Users\xx>ping drukarka_wifi.

Pinging drukarka_wifi [192.168.3.115] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=255

Ping statistics for 192.168.3.115:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 24ms, Average = 21ms

 

[ColinTaylor]

nice! that worked ;-)
C:\Users\xx>ping drukarka_wifi.

The reason this worked is because you haven't defined a domain name for your LAN, so it's effectively null ("").

I suggest that you set your LAN's domain name on the router's LAN - DHCP Server page. Use something like home.lan (do not use local).

Reboot the router and see if you can now ping both drukarka_wifi (without the dot) and drukarka_wifi.home.lan

 

[tratek]

Thanks! It's working now in all combinations (1) device (2) device. (3) device.xx.lan

C:\Users\xx>ping drukarka_wifi.xx.lan

Pinging drukarka_wifi.xx.lan [192.168.3.115] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=255

Ping statistics for 192.168.3.115:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 5ms, Maximum = 38ms, Average = 16ms

C:\Users\xx>ping drukarka_wifi.

Pinging drukarka_wifi [192.168.3.115] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=255

Ping statistics for 192.168.3.115:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 5ms, Maximum = 17ms, Average = 12ms

C:\Users\xx>

C:\Users\xx>ping drukarka_wifi

Pinging drukarka_wifi.xx.lan [192.168.3.115] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.3.115: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=255

Ping statistics for 192.168.3.115:
Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 3, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 4ms, Maximum = 8ms, Average = 6ms
Control-C


I will not set host names for all devices I need.

Your help is much appreciated ;-)