From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 30 07:53:05 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 ACF5A37B401 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:53:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.prodigy.net.mx (dfproxy06.prodigy.net.mx [148.235.168.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CD2743FDF for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:53:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ibac@prodigy.net.mx) Received: from pc1 (du-200-67-41-201.prodigy.net.mx [200.67.41.201]) sims.4.0.2001.07.26.11.50.p9) with SMTP id <0HE500IMWVXPNN@SMTP.Prodigy.Net.mx>; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:51:27 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:53:45 -0500 From: Alfonso Romero To: freebsd-questions Message-id: <001a01c30f28$4cbd78e0$0100a8c0@ibac> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030429225039.00a000e0@localhost> <3EAFCA1B.40500@potentialtech.com> Subject: Re: 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 14:53:06 -0000 It doesn´t matter what name you choose for your internal network. I have 2 registered domains (ibacnet.com & ibacsoft.dynu.com) and on my internal LAN I use "ibac"; for example, my freebsd gateway hostname is "adeline" and the hostname for the freebsd box I use as a web server is "franky". When I configured their NICs I used "franky.ibac" and "adeline.ibac", and on "franky.ibac" I´m running the "ibacsoft.dynu.com" web server. I hope it doesn´t sound as confusing as it looks :-) Alfonso Romero ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Moran" To: "inbox" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 8:05 AM Subject: Re: Esoteric network setup question > 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. > > I don't know of anything that would cause you to _need_ the TLD in the > domain name. You can probably get away without it. Hell, I've run > machines with _no_ hostname with success (although apps seem to be getting > fussier about that and it doesn't seem to work any more). > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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"