Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 17:47:44 -0700 From: Lloyd Hayes <lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com> To: Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater@gldis.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Naming confusion Message-ID: <418C1F30.6090709@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <418ABF1A.7070405@gldis.ca> References: <418A53E5.40404@yahoo.com> <418ABF1A.7070405@gldis.ca>
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>It doesn't matter what name you give the machine. Just add that name to /etc/hosts as the loop back address' lookup name. I refer to this computer as "traveler2". It is the 2nd laptop that I had purchased. Everything before had been desktops. I have traveler2 and traveler4 in the truck with me. OK, lets say that I call it "traveler2.hayes.org". Where will I get into trouble with this? Also, in reading about DHCP, I think that I read something about a caution concerning naming of the computer. Something about the computer should not have been named before. Is this correct? Can I just insert a name into the /etc/rc.conf file? Or do I need to go through the 'Name' procedure? It seems that I can't setup the DHCP, ddclients, until I get a wifi card that FBSD recognizes. All of my Internet access is through WiFi connections.... Also, In the /etc/hosts file, I understand the 27.0.0.0, but what is this ::1 address? Lloyd Hayes Email: lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com URL: http://TalkingStaff.bravehost.com E-FAX Number: (208) 248-6590 Jeremy Faulkner wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Lloyd Hayes wrote: > | Here's a new thread. > | Naming the computer host? > | > | I'm confused by this. As I understand it, I get a different DNS > | assignment every time that I hook into the Internet from a different > | location. Yet FBSD seems to want a permanent assignment which I would > | normally get from my ISP. I don't have a permanent ISP. I mainly use 2 > | services at locations all across the USA. Normally I simply assign a > | name to the computer, but it appears that FBSD wants a complete > Internet > | address. > | > | This appears to me to be a conflict. I think that I read in "The > | Complete FreeBSD, 4th Edition" where there are some addresses to use if > | the computer will never be hooked into the Internet. But that is not > the > | case here. > | > | Any ideas or help here? > | > > It doesn't matter what name you give the machine. Just add that name to > /etc/hosts as the loop back address' lookup name. The only thing that > could go wrong is if you us a name that is the same as another computer > that you try to connect to. The system will resolve the name to be your > computer and will connect to itself instead of the remote machine. > > - -- > Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater@gldis.ca> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFBir8Zfb0Lle2MIEIRAh03AJsE1297tvKCWMKluvPTVht79h4FQgCeIn3y > dudmmQEcDvvO8KmPsGSfT4A= > =NMgA > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
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