Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:39:17 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Subject: Re: Domain name for local network? Message-ID: <200401221539.24964.racerx@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <200401222231.01398.freebsd-questions@webteckies.org> References: <20040122193236.GA55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200401222231.01398.freebsd-questions@webteckies.org>
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=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 22 January 2004 03:31 pm, Melvyn Sopacua wrote: > 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. If he's behind some sort of routing device, he can certainly setup a DNS wi= tin=20 his own network. =2D --=20 Best regards, Chris =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAEEMKD5P/gMAbw2MRAvuUAJ9YHF3dH+VPpeDPNTysaVGaoZCVPwCgl6VT QYMOOZgA4cxGgeNUCj5tr4w=3D =3DrTss =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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