Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:18:27 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com (Lloyd Hayes) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Naming confusion Message-ID: <200411041618.iA4GISN17049@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <418A53E5.40404@yahoo.com> from "Lloyd Hayes" at Nov 04, 2004 09:08:05 AM
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> > Here's a new thread. > Naming the computer host? > > I'm confused by this. As I understand it, I get a different DNS > assignment every time that I hook into the Internet from a different > location. Yet FBSD seems to want a permanent assignment which I would > normally get from my ISP. I don't have a permanent ISP. I mainly use 2 > services at locations all across the USA. Normally I simply assign a > name to the computer, but it appears that FBSD wants a complete Internet > address. Check out DHCP. Once you have read up on that, see if you have further questions. Good luck, ////jerry > > This appears to me to be a conflict. I think that I read in "The > Complete FreeBSD, 4th Edition" where there are some addresses to use if > the computer will never be hooked into the Internet. But that is not the > case here. > > Any ideas or help here? > > -- > > Lloyd Hayes > > Email: lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com > URL: http://TalkingStaff.bravehost.com > E-FAX Number: (208) 248-6590 >
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