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    <font size="+1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Some amazing stuff.   I
        was wondering if you could make a local DNS server for the
        house.  I was thinking of looking into that, but it seems it has
        already been done.  I like that mDNS will work with regular
        DNS.   I will have to evolve into this.  I figure if I keep
        trying to keep track my network stuff with hand written files,
        that eventually it will be so painful and hard that learning a
        bunch of new stuff will be the easy way out....   Does building
        a better mouse trap only create smarter mice?  Wait a minute I
        see some cheese   <br>
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        Samudra Haque wrote on 1/18/2019 8:15 PM:
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          <div dir="auto">Can mDNS not help here? I use pi4.local to
            permanently access the RPi0 across several cable modem boot
            and DHCP assignment/refresh as I am always plugging in other
            stuff on temporary basis, even though the Pi zero W is
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            <div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 17:16 Rob Seastrom <<a
                href="mailto:rs@seastrom.com">rs@seastrom.com</a> wrote:<br>
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                  I’ve had no difficulty width 3b+es and phone power
                  supplies with a 2a nameplate rating.  It is highly
                  likely that freebie grade micro usb cables (and ohms
                  law and 28-30 awg wire) are to blame.  Consider trying
                  Anker or other higher quality cables that are rated
                  for fast charging of phones.
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                  <div>Speaking of which if you have a herd of tiny ARM
                    devices that want 2 amps, I’ve found that the 6 port
                    60w Anker power supplies are most excellent for the
                    workbench or rack.  They also make nice
                    presents/stocking stuffers.  <span
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                        href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P936188"
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                  <div>And yes, they now have versions that do usb-c if
                    your newest phone needs that.  Anker makes good
                    quality products at the right price.  Two thumbs up.</div>
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                  <div>Also, yes, dhcp leases are sticky by MAC
                    address.  They tend to not be durable across router
                    reboots though unless you have an environment where
                    you can make the lease permanent. If you have a
                    Linux box you can use nmap to scan your subnet and
                    find your stuff (and if you run it as root it will
                    tell you about the OUI in the MAC address which can
                    be handy,</div>
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                  <div>Lastly, since you have a herd of these beasties,
                    on Raspbian at least you can set them up to run sshd
                    out of the box, which eliminates the need to set up
                    a console for one that is freshly installed. 
                    Wouldn’t surprise me if other distros follow this.  <a
href="https://hackernoon.com/raspberry-pi-headless-install-462ccabd75d0"
                      target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://hackernoon.com/raspberry-pi-headless-install-462ccabd75d0</a></div>
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                      On Jan 12, 2019, at 18:57, Alex Fraser <<a
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