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How to use host names rather than ip addresses on home network?

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I've a small home network up and running and managed to set up ssh. Can anyone tell me what I need to do to refer to one computer on the network from another by host name rather than IP address (which is what I'm doing now)?

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answered 3 Years ago eatack · Accepted Answer

You can refer to machines by by tacking a .local to the hostname, like so:

ssh machinename.local

References:

What does ".local" do?