Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 18:53:51 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD 4.0 20000125-CURRENT Message-ID: <200001280253.SAA05541@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:26:44 EST." <200001280226.VAA21947@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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> <<On Thu, 27 Jan 2000 18:11:52 -0800, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> said: > > > That's not correct; your DHCP configuration should reflect the hostname. > > No, it shouldn't. As I keep on trying to explain, the DHCP addresses > are: > > 1) Temporary. > 2) Meaningless. > 3) Temporary. > 4) Temporary. > 5) Temporary. Since the hostname is simply a plain-text token for the IP address, it has to remain bound to the IP address (whether that binding is fixed or dynamic is outside the scope of this discussion). Having a hostname that doesn't map to your IP address is a misconfiguration, and not a useful one at that. The only argument for having a dysfunctional hostname of the variety you describe is vanity, which is not a valid engineering constraint. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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