On Mon, 2010-12-20 at 21:18 +0100, Benito Mourelo Caldeiro wrote:
It can be more complex in future. Look at the section "3.2.2 Host" in RFC 3996. So, the best is to use the host name for the destination to which you want to connect. You can add it to the hosts file, or to your .ssh/config file.
The fly in that ointment can be dealing with inconsistently assigned LAN addresses.