[feature request] Make Jolla visible in network by its host name
asked 2015-03-11 12:36:19 +0200
I really like ability to ssh to the device or access it by ftp - thats cool for sure. But what is missing - is the ability to use host name instead of ip address. Would be nice if Jolla could become discoverable in MS networks and visible by its host name in the network browser. Would be also great if there would be a settings page for changing host name (I know it can be done like this: https://together.jolla.com/question/6335/how-to-change-jolla-hostname/ , but this is not extremely user-friendly) and enabling/disabling visibility in MS networks.
You are asking for SMB support. To my knowledge, no implementation of SMB exists that works satisfactorily, including the ones on the various versions of Windows. Anyway you can try FishNetMount from openrepos (which did not work for me BTW).
Giacomo Di Giacomo ( 2015-03-11 17:46:49 +0200 )editYou would need something capable of NetBIOS for broadcasting your hostname. The only linux product I know of that would handle that is samba. But AFAIK there is no such thing as an SMB server for SFOS - which would be quite power consuming.
lakutalo ( 2015-03-11 17:49:36 +0200 )edit@Giacomo: but I don't think fishnet mount would broadcast your hostname, would it? (lol, wrote in the same 'second')
lakutalo ( 2015-03-11 17:51:00 +0200 )editI was under impression that JUST broadcasting hostname is much lesser scope of work than full SMB support, that's why asked for this :). If this is not true, I can do one more rename and ask about full SMB support (anyway it is not going to happen in the nearest future :) )
ElderOrb ( 2015-03-11 17:59:16 +0200 )editIn case you just want to use FTP or ssh there is no need for SMB at all. You could
ibins ( 2015-03-11 18:09:49 +0200 )edit- configure the DHCP server to tell a local DNS server the new host in case you use dynamic IPs
- configure a static hostname on your PC in case you use static IPs