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Date:      Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:39:17 -0600
From:      Chris <racerx@makeworld.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Subject:   Re: Domain name for local network?
Message-ID:  <200401221539.24964.racerx@makeworld.com>
In-Reply-To: <200401222231.01398.freebsd-questions@webteckies.org>
References:  <20040122193236.GA55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200401222231.01398.freebsd-questions@webteckies.org>

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On Thursday 22 January 2004 03:31 pm, Melvyn Sopacua wrote:
> On Thursday 22 January 2004 20:32, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> > If I have a couple of boxes in a home network that connects to the
> > Internet via ppp, is there any way I can name my network?  I don't want
> > to register a name, just use it locally.  This way I can refer to
> > 'neptune.jonathon.org' or something similar rather than '10.0.0.1'.
>
> Andrew gave a good HOW-TO.
> In general, you would choose a TLD (the last part of a domainname, like
> .org or .net) that does not exist on the internet, so that you never
> confuse it with a real domainname.
>
> .lan, .home or .here are good candidates.

If he's behind some sort of routing device, he can certainly setup a DNS wi=
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his own network.

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Best regards,
Chris
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