07-10-2008 03:33 AM - edited 03-06-2019 12:07 AM
I added a couple of NTP servers to my router using hostnames. When I checked the config I see that the router resolved the names and added them to the config as IP address instead of hostnames. I realize that the IPs of public timeservers probably don't change much but isn't it more convenient to use hostnames just in case? Is there a way I can get my router to not convert hostnames to IPs in the config?
Thanks,
Diego
07-10-2008 04:44 AM
Unfortunately not. It looks up the names as you type them into the config, and fixes the addresses. There is nothing dynamic about it. It doesn't even re-resolve when you boot.
It's the same with other things like SNMP and logging server addresses.
Kevin Dorrell
Luxembourg
07-10-2008 05:16 AM
Kinda weird. I guess we'll just have to live with it.
Thanks,
Diego
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