From acb4a2f18308900125daac8365ac5eef553b8b61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dswd Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 15:00:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Created Naming Hosts (markdown) --- Naming-Hosts.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Naming-Hosts.md diff --git a/Naming-Hosts.md b/Naming-Hosts.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e9eec55 --- /dev/null +++ b/Naming-Hosts.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +To make using a VPN easier, nodes can be named so that their name can be used instead of their address. + +This can be done by editing `/etc/hosts`: + + $> sudo nano /etc/hosts + +For each node a line with + + IP-ADDRESS NAME + +needs to be added (e.g. `10.0.0.1 node1.vpn`). + +It is a good idea to add a common suffix to all nodes of one vpn like `.vpn`.