I am addressing all hosts by 'hostname', not IP.  All machines run with
static IP addresses.

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From: Msquared [mailto:1.sub.backuppc AT msquared.id DOT au] 
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 8:48 PM
To: General list for user discussion,questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working - hostname/DHCP caveat

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:55:29AM +1100, Adam Goryachev wrote:

> Backuppc will connect using the *name* rather than the IP address.

Note that you should ensure all hosts you want to back up have static IPs
on your network.  (You can do this either manually or with DHCP, as is
your preference.)

If hosts that you back up use dynamic IP addresses, SSH will eventually
find a clash whereby one hostname is using an IP address that a different
hostname was using.  This will cause SSH to require user input to complete
the connection, and thus automated backups and web-initiated backups will
all fail until you resolve the issue.

Better to avoid it.  :o)

Regards, Msquared...

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