09.27.11
Anynetwork.net
I had an idea the other day, I thought ‘Why do we have to type all these 192.168.1.x addresses, it seems like a waste of time and a bit archaic. Why can I name my machines and have a domain name for them. Actually why cant everybody’. Now they can.
Introducing ‘Anynework.net’
I have updated the DNS on anynetwork.net to have lots and lots of fully quaified domains pointing to IP addresses within the 192.168.1.x address space.
Simple
server1.anynetwork.net – 192.168.1.1
server2.anynetwork.net- 192.168.1.2
…
server254.anynetwork.net- 192.168.1.254
Fruity
apple.anynetwork.net – 192.168.1.1
banana.anynetwork.net- 192.168.1.2
I’m in the process of writing an API so that you can get your app to request a subdomain to use for a specific ip address.
See Anynetwork.net for more details.
The only gotcha is if you’re disconnected from the net the names may not work.