I, I have a spreadsheet. This is, oh my gosh. How have we gone 1000 26 episodes without ever having this conversation
Um, I have, I have the same thing in a spreadsheet which I like because I have the IP address that I assigned to it
the DNS name of the device because I want to assign it
you know, like, like correct and I want that to be the same no matter what
And then, uh, I have the Mac address in there and then I have a notes field and so it's all
you know, a spreadsheet, lets me keep it in columns and all of those things
But yes, I have the same exact thing. Absolutely. I need to update mine
I haven't done it in a while but I find it really helpful to know, like I'll assign Debbie
you know, 0.10 through 0.19 and me 0.20 through 0.29 that sort of thing
And I'll know that my computer is, you know, and hers is 11 and mine is 21
My phone is 22 and hers is 12 and such. So if I ever had to ssh
N I know where they are without even having to go look it up
I do that part too. I have all mine in ranges. So like my media devices are all in one range
My, my networking equipment is all in one range. My iphones are all in one range
My macs are all in one range. Yeah, that's how I broke it. Yes
I did the same thing and I re asked the question that I asked a few weeks ago is re return of hyphenated
Well, it's like, but this is super helpful. It is, it's a great way to know where your stuff is and to be able to
access it in the event your computer locks up and you want to ssh N from your iphone
you can do it. I don't, I only, I don't do it with my iphone and
and the umbrella statement for that is I don't do it for devices that I would never want to connect to as like
a server or a network resource. So, and that's only it, it
it's not that I have anything. There's nothing bad about doing it for your iphones
It's just that, that's more work. Uh You know, and so I don't need to know what ip address my iphone
Uh It is on like that doesn't matter to me. I'm not saying it's bad if it matters to you
It's just for me, I'm ok, but I want all of my desktop Macs
I even do it with my, my laptops because I will sometimes want to connect to those
So my Macs all have, um, reserved IP S and my disk stations
Do you know those, those kinds of things? Obviously my router that's
that sort of goes without saying and some other things that get like printers for sure
get their own IP S um, I'm trying to think if there's anything else that like I
I give them to, I mean, I guess I could bring up the spreadsheet that I could tell you while you do that
I have a question. Am I the only, uh, nub who uses so son disc assistant
Because going back to the original question, that's how I, that's often how I find my son
Is that the little app you run on your Mac? Yeah. And then it just launches the IP like you could show it
Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that. I didn't know the F existed
I don't run it because, I mean, I, I'm a, no, there's nothing wrong with that
It, it like being a Noob is like that. We are all Noobs about certain things
Like no, be none of us, none of the three of us here and none of us listening can be an expert and knowledgeable about
all the things, even all the things Apple, it's just not possible
There might have been a day where it was, but that day is gone. All my switches
my, my smart network switches get uh IP addresses those. However, I hard code into the switch
I do make a reservation for them but they are hardcoded into the switch
So that the, if the switch comes up, even if my router is down
I can still connect to the switch at the IP address that I know it will be at
So that's good. That's good advice. Yeah