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[ale] How can I get hostnames on a very temporary LAN?



I'll keep that in mind for the next time.
Thanks,
Jim.

On 02/19/2016 07:40 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
> DNSMasq using all the defaults plus a custom hosts file is probably one
> of your fastest ways.  Set up your router as just an access point (turn
> off internal DHCP), hang your laptop off one port and run DNSMasq on the
> laptop.  It will respond to DHCP requests on the network and then you
> can assign it to be the authoritative DNS server and leave the router as
> a router (DNS and routing don't have to be on the same machine).
>
> On 2016-02-19 10:27, Jim Lynch wrote: