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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!fizban.solace.mh.se!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.azstarnet.com!not-for-mail From: circle@azstarnet.com ( Circle) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: proper values for hostname, etc. Date: 5 Feb 1996 22:09:03 GMT Organization: Arizona Daily Star - AZSTARNET Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4f5v5v$rt9@news.azstarnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: web.azstarnet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Hello, I dial up to an ISP; the IP address is dynamic, and the real host name changes with every dialup. I have been giving my computer a fake host name and aliasing it to localhost. This seems to fool most programs into working, but I don't like it. Is there a "good" way to set up the host name so that programs like sendmail, nntpd, etc. can work properly when I'm connected, and not complain when I'm not? UNIX is like a fish sans water without a dedicated network connection, it feels like! Possibly related; I can telnet (ftp/http...) to localhost, but not to my IP address (the dynamic "dialup-37.provider.com"). Does this point obviously to something (besides my ignorance)? Thank you! Tim