Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:58:57 -0800 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Lance Woodson <lance@woodson.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proper way to configure networking? Message-ID: <38D08631.BA81CB17@gorean.org> References: <38D05DC5.2A3FE129@woodson.com>
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Lance Woodson wrote:
>
> My IP address doesn't have DNS associated with it.
>
> I can ping my gateway but can't ping beyond it. Does this have anything
> to do with me not having DNS?
No. In all likelihood your gateway is not configured properly.
> What should I set my hostname to?
Anything that's not a real domain name (assuming from your question
that you don't have a real domain). whatever.local is a fairly useful
convention...
Good luck,
Doug
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