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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!platinum.sge.net!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.melbpc.org.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!su-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!saluki-news.it.siu.edu!slip106.termserv.siu.edu From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Hostname for box w/ part time internet connection Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 10:37:21 CST Organization: Southern Illinois University Lines: 59 Sender: NNTP@slip106.termserv.siu.edu Message-ID: <24a9fb8b.u9t27e.14589@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> Reply-To: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: slip106.termserv.siu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p In-Reply-To: <p9t1p5.35b.ln@localhost> (from brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)) (at Sat, 28 Jun 1997 03:35:37 +0100) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43711 Hi Brian, on Jun 28 you wrote: > In article <33B462A3.C9A68B9C@auburn.campus.mci.net>, > Anthony Jenkins <ajenkins@auburn.campus.mci.net> writes: > > What do I set as the host name for my machine, which occasionally > > dials-up a connection to the internet? Do I use the domain name of= =20my > > ISP, or would that be naughty? I have a single PC running FreeBSD > > (Win95 on another partition), no network (though I soon hope to del= ve > > into the wonderful, hair-pulling world of small network admin. when= =20I > > get another box), and dial-up PPP access to the internet. >=20 > localhost.my.domain ? Alternatively, pick a name that's not > likely to be real (ending with say .lan) and give it an IP > number that's not real (say 10.0.0.1). >=20 > > Thanks in advance, > > Anthony >=20 > --=20 > Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org> > <http://www.awfulhak.org> Brian - I am surprised at this lame-brain suggestion (just pick a name)= =2E No WONDER there are so many BOGUS hosts on the Internet! We had a student on our campus who likewise thought that such a naming convention was acceptable, until he just happened to choose a name that was registered to another organization in B.C, Canada (and we are in Illinois). Anthony - take a look at the MANual page for PPPD. It should have some information on setting up an "IP-UP" script for use with PPP which you SHOULD USE to properly set your hostname and IP address to what is determined during the PPP negotiation. I can post a sample script later (with IFCONFIG, and HOSTNAME commands) if need be. =20 /// A M M I GGGGG A Senior Sys Prog - Network Admin =20 /// AA MM|MM I G AA Southern Illinois University, USA \\\ /// A A M M M I G GGG A A =20 =20\\\/// AAAA M M I G G AAAA jimd at dutton2.it.siu.edu = =20=20 =20 \/// A A M M I GGGGG A A jimd at slip106.termserv.siu.edu _______________________________________________________________________= _ SIU.EDU - DNS Admin, Postmaster, SMTP Admin, Netnews Admin SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU - DNS Admin, Postmaster, SMTP Admin, TCP/IP Sys Prog SIUCMVSA.SIU.EDU - DNS Admin, Postmaster, SMTP Admin, Sr TCP/IP Sys Pro= g SIUCVMB, SIUCMVSA- Senior RSCS, VTAM, NCP Systems Programmer Systems Admin - 2.0 Suns, 0.4 IBM RS/6000's, 2 FreeBSD, 1 NetBSD Behemoth Admin - Suzuki Cavalcade