Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 23:07:16 +0200 (CEST) From: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (P. U. Kruppa) To: inbox <inbox@kelleycows.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Esoteric network setup question Message-ID: <20030430225327.R24290@small.pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20030429225039.00a000e0@localhost> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030429225039.00a000e0@localhost>
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, inbox wrote: > I have a hopefully not silly question; > > When I'm setting up my network, does it matter if I give the domain a TLD > or not? Say I call my home network "myzoo". I don't ever plan on > registering "myzoo.org" as a domain, and I don't ever plan on connecting to > my home network from the outside (TOS of my ISP forbids servers > anyways). Should I call it "myzoo.org" or just "myzoo" in the network > configuration dialog or does it matter? Do any programs expect a TLD for > the local domain? The only reason I ask is every example in every book > I've seen has a TLD in the domain name, usually .com. The network configuration dialog actually edits a file called /etc/hosts (have a look at it) You will find lines like this 127.0.0.1 localhost myzoo myzoo.org 192.168.10.1 my.computer.corp Any request for localhost or myzoo or myzoo.org will be send to 127.0.0.1 , which is your local machine, any request for my.computer.corp will be send to the machine 192.168.10.1 in your intranet directly. You may add as many IP addresses and as many aliases as you like. Also have a look at # man hosts Regards, Uli. > > Christopher > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +-----------------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | - Wuppertal - | | Germany | +-----------------------------------+
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