Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:31:01 +0100 From: Melvyn Sopacua <freebsd-questions@webteckies.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Subject: Re: Domain name for local network? Message-ID: <200401222231.01398.freebsd-questions@webteckies.org> In-Reply-To: <20040122193236.GA55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20040122193236.GA55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thursday 22 January 2004 20:32, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > If I have a couple of boxes in a home network that connects to the Internet > via ppp, is there any way I can name my network? I don't want to register > a name, just use it locally. This way I can refer to > 'neptune.jonathon.org' or something similar rather than '10.0.0.1'. Andrew gave a good HOW-TO. In general, you would choose a TLD (the last part of a domainname, like .org or .net) that does not exist on the internet, so that you never confuse it with a real domainname. .lan, .home or .here are good candidates. -- Melvyn ======================================================= FreeBSD sarevok.webteckies.org 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #3: Tue Dec 30 14:31:47 CET 2003 root@sarevok.idg.nl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SAREVOK_NOAPM_NODEBUG i386 ======================================================= [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAEEEVOv9JNmfFN5URAqytAJ9mI5IxJJwaWzMzMrJJYWx2+LOG4gCfWvMf kzaRcygBqFC5ydgsJtCPbKo= =H4rD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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