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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:05:03 +2
Subject: Re: User PPP, dynamic IP, and /etc/hosts
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> Perhaps a dumb question, but:
> 
> I'm trying to set up user PPP on a FreeBSD 2.1 system at home.
> Currently it only has a modem (no local network) which I will use
> to connect to a university sys. which assigns IP addresses dynamically.
> 
> Q: What address do I use for myself in /etc/hosts?

 When I this config I just had 

127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.mydomain.co.za

It worked very well.


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Irvine Short

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