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Date:      Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:17:06 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To:        Constantine <cnst@rbcmail.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hostname on LAN with WAN
Message-ID:  <20030803011706.GA73580@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <3F2C5E8F.6010908@rbcmail.ru>
References:  <3F2C5E8F.6010908@rbcmail.ru>

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On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 08:59:59PM -0400, Constantine wrote:
> 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?

Put in in /etc/hosts, as an alias for localhost.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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