{"id":2039,"date":"2026-07-18T06:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2026-07-18T06:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:46:27","slug":"network-ip-dns-auto-configuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/network-ip-dns-auto-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"Network IP \/ DNS Auto-Configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Optional discovery of local IP addresses<\/strong> and DNS names<\/strong>, with an opt-in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

apply path that can fill computer_hostname and refresh service host settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover (always safe)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[text]
<\/em>net autoconfig discover
network ip
net autoconfig status
net autoconfig resolve jupiter.example.com
net autoconfig reverse 10.0.0.151<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discovery reports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • short hostname, FQDN, DNS suffix<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • preferred IPv4 \/ IPv6 (skips loopback and link-local when possible)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • all adapter addresses<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • DNS server IPs (Windows)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Cached globals after refresh:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [text]
    <\/em>network_local_ipv4
    network_local_ipv6
    network_local_hostname
    network_local_fqdn
    network_dns_suffix<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Enable auto-configuration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Auto-config is off by default<\/strong>. Turn it on explicitly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [text]
    <\/em>net autoconfig enable
    net autoconfig prefer-dns          # identity = FQDN\/hostname (default)
    net autoconfig prefer-ip           # identity = preferred IPv4
    net autoconfig services on         # also rebind localhost LLM\/Whisper URLs to LAN IP
    net autoconfig resolve-remote on   # resolve remote MySQL\/LLM\/FTP DNS names (report)
    net autoconfig dry-run             # show planned changes
    net autoconfig apply               # apply + save settings
    net autoconfig startup on          # apply cache + config on process start<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What apply changes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    Target<\/strong><\/td>When<\/strong><\/td>Behavior<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
    network_local_* cache<\/td>always<\/td>Filled from discovery<\/td><\/tr>
    computer_hostname<\/td>apply_computer (default on)<\/td>Set to preferred identity (DNS or IP)<\/td><\/tr>
    mysql_hostname<\/td>apply_services<\/td>Only if empty\/localhost\/auto \u2192 localhost<\/td><\/tr>
    llm_hostname \/ whisper_hostname<\/td>apply_services<\/td>If host is localhost, rewrite to preferred IPv4<\/td><\/tr>
    remote MySQL \/ LLM \/ FTP<\/td>resolve_remote<\/td>Resolve DNS and print<\/strong> IPs (names kept)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Settings menu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Computer Settings items 19\u201324<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • enable\/disable auto-config\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • discover IPs\/DNS\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • dry-run \/ apply\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • prefer DNS vs IP\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • apply on startup\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Settings keys<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      [text]
      <\/em>network_auto_config_enabled=false
      network_auto_config_apply_on_startup=false
      network_auto_config_prefer_dns=true
      network_auto_config_apply_computer=true
      network_auto_config_apply_services=false
      network_auto_config_resolve_remote=true<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Implementation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • NetworkAutoConfig.hpp \/ NetworkAutoConfig.cpp<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Windows: GetAdaptersAddresses, GetComputerNameEx, getaddrinfo \/ getnameinfo<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Wired into net \u2026, network \u2026, startup (ApplyOnStartupIfEnabled), and _Computers::GetHostname()<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Optional discovery of local IP addresses and DNS names, with an opt-in apply path that can fill computer_hostname and refresh service host settings. Discover (always safe) [text]net autoconfig discovernetwork ipnet autoconfig statusnet autoconfig resolve jupiter.example.comnet autoconfig reverse 10.0.0.151 Discovery reports: Cached globals after refresh: [text]network_local_ipv4network_local_ipv6network_local_hostnamenetwork_local_fqdnnetwork_dns_suffix Enable auto-configuration Auto-config is off by default. Turn it on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2040,"href":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions\/2040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}