From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 27 19:32:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA27699 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:32:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from law-f70.hotmail.com (law-f70.hotmail.com [209.185.131.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA27689 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:32:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chen6178@hotmail.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by law-f70.hotmail.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA00478 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:32:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chen6178@hotmail.com) Message-Id: <199811280332.TAA00478@law-f70.hotmail.com> Received: from 203.95.247.213 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:32:44 PST X-Originating-IP: [203.95.247.213] From: "Albert Chen" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: /etc/hosts and DNS. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:32:44 PST Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I'm a new to UNIX. Would anyone tell me which /etc/hosts and DNS mean? Is DNS better than /etc/hosts? TIA, Albert. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message