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Subject: hostname on LAN with WAN
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Hello!

I am using my FreeBSD 4.8 in a local network, I do not have any routable 
IPs assigned to the box, so what am I supposed to use as a hostname for 
that FreeBSD box?

I have an internet connection (DSL modem with NAT), and I am using the 
sendmail on the box, and the problem I have, is that during the boot 
time I need to wait 2 minutes for the DNS-timeout.
I wanted to ask, how the hostname is meant to be set in my case.

Cheers,
Constantine.

maillog:
Aug  1 14:52:57 cnst sm-msp-queue[101]: My unqualified host name (cnst) 
unknown; sleeping for retry
Aug  1 14:53:57 cnst sm-msp-queue[101]: unable to qualify my own domain 
name (cnst) -- using short name
Aug  1 14:53:57 cnst sm-msp-queue[103]: starting daemon (8.12.8p1): 
queueing@00:30:00
Aug  2 14:41:22 cnst sm-mta[99]: My unqualified host name (cnst) 
unknown; sleeping for retry
Aug  2 14:42:22 cnst sm-mta[99]: unable to qualify my own domain name 
(cnst) -- using short name
Aug  2 14:42:22 cnst sm-mta[100]: starting daemon (8.12.8p1): 
SMTP+queueing@00:30:00