From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 4 16:20:26 2004 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 201B216A4CE for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2004 16:20:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94D0143D48 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2004 16:20:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id iA4GISN17049; Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:18:28 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200411041618.iA4GISN17049@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com (Lloyd Hayes) Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:18:27 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <418A53E5.40404@yahoo.com> from "Lloyd Hayes" at Nov 04, 2004 09:08:05 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: dave cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Naming confusion 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: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 16:20:26 -0000 > > 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 >