Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:05:31 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: inbox <inbox@kelleycows.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Esoteric network setup question Message-ID: <3EAFCA1B.40500@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20030429225039.00a000e0@localhost> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030429225039.00a000e0@localhost>
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inbox wrote: > I have a hopefully not silly question; > > When I'm setting up my network, does it matter if I give the domain a > TLD or not? Say I call my home network "myzoo". I don't ever plan on > registering "myzoo.org" as a domain, and I don't ever plan on connecting > to my home network from the outside (TOS of my ISP forbids servers > anyways). Should I call it "myzoo.org" or just "myzoo" in the network > configuration dialog or does it matter? Do any programs expect a TLD > for the local domain? The only reason I ask is every example in every > book I've seen has a TLD in the domain name, usually .com. I don't know of anything that would cause you to _need_ the TLD in the domain name. You can probably get away without it. Hell, I've run machines with _no_ hostname with success (although apps seem to be getting fussier about that and it doesn't seem to work any more). -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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