Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 23:27:26 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Janis <janisd@optonline.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cant get a Hostname Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004242323550.50446-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <008901bfae87$771becc0$67febd18@janisd>
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Janis wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > Hi , > > I recently moved to a different city and I moved my local cable modem > with me. I never had a problem before getting a hostname to come up in > my address. I have called the internet cable company several times but > I get no help. They tell me as long as I connect they dont see a > problem. But I am having a problem, I cant get onto alot of servers > with a software I use. Is there anyway that I can change this IP to a > hostname??? Please help thanks Yes, the IP address that shows in your message header has no reverse DNS. That is a Bad Thing, and it is most definitely your ISPs problem. Complain to whoever you need to at optonline.net to get the problem corrected. Tell them Ryan sent you :-) In the interim, manually setting a hostname for your IP in /etc/hosts and again in rc.conf (hostname="localhost") will help with SOME software and servers, if you haven't already done so. You will really need to have reverse DNS enabled for your IP address, though. Hope this helps, - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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