From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 13:31:49 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 8240B16A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:31:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao02.cox.net (lakemtao02.cox.net [68.1.17.243]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B5F143D41 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:31:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from supremedalek@hotpop.com) Received: from [10.0.0.10] ([68.105.174.126]) by lakemtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20040122213144.QKDK2297.lakemtao02.cox.net@[10.0.0.10]>; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:31:44 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: supremedalek@pop.hotpop.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20040122193236.GA55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20040122193236.GA55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:22:31 -0500 To: Jonathon McKitrick , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Mauricio Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: Re: Domain name for local network? 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, 22 Jan 2004 21:31:49 -0000 At 19:32 +0000 1/22/04, 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'. > >NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. Assuming you a using a router to go outside, what you call your internal network is your own business. Only problem would be if someone from the outside had to access it.