[Voyage-linux] Re: ad-hoc network assist

[Gustin Johnson]

2012/1/1 John Schultz <jschultz0614 at gmail.com>:
> Adrian,
>
> Thank you for your reply and suggestions...
>
> I will check that the next time Im in my DNS server.

What are the circumstances in which you see the old name?  Network
name resolution is very different than hostname.

Back to this question, check your samba config. you can hard code a
netbios hostname in there.  Your other hosts may have simply cached
the lookup, so the old name works.  If you change the IP does the old
name still work in the same circumstances?

Finally, you might have an entry in a hosts file somewhere.

>
>
>> Well, network name resolution ist quite different from the hostname. I'd
>>
>> check DNS A and PTR records as well as /etc/hosts&Co.
>
>
>
> I believe what we are trying to accomplish is similar to freifunk we are
> also attempting to implement something like Locust mesh but with more
> options and features and the most important thing, cheaper.
>
>> It is not that hard. Depending on what you want to achieve you have
>>
>> different options. What you describe sounds like a typical 'Freifunk'
>> setup.
>> In a typical freifunk network, the participants take care to encrypt
>> their traffic on application/protocol level, e.g. HTTPS, SSMTP,
>> SMTP/TLS, IMAPS, IMAP/TLS, ircs, ssh
>> If that's not possible for some protocol you tunnel it e.g. via
>> - ssh with portforwarding (single ports, while networks if needed)
>> - openvpn (networks)
>> - tinc (networks)
>>
>> We run OpenVPN on Alix 2D13 encrypting 35MBit/s last time I tested. The
>> AES crypto unit had not been in use unless it gets autodetected and
>> autoused.
>>
>
>
> If its in German, I can use Google to translate ( not an issue)
>
>> Check out freifunk&Co, they have quiet a few pages about setup and
>> information about encrypting traffic as well.
>> The pages I know are mostly German, but at least some exist in English
>> versions as well
>> http://wiki.freifunk.net/Kategorie:English should be an ok entry point.
>>
>
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