From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 29 23:32:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A875A37B401 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:32:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26B3143FBF for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:32:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from inbox@kelleycows.com) Received: from cheetah.kelleycows.com (c-24-126-210-185.we.client2.attbi.com[24.126.210.185]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51) with SMTP id <2003043006325505100lvu7qe>; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 06:32:55 +0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20030429225039.00a000e0@localhost> X-Sender: inbox/mail.kelleycows.com@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:32:17 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: inbox Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Esoteric network setup question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 06:32:57 -0000 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. Christopher