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From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: standalone PC and hostid
Date: 14 May 1996 11:38:39 GMT
Organization: Herve Schauer Consultants
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 [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]

In article <4n7m12$rua@fu-berlin.de>,
Axel Thimm <thimm@mail.physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> what hostid should a standalone PC have? sysctl gives me 0 for the
> hostid, in hosts there is a hostid different from 0 for my hostname.

You can even change it with sysctl(1).

> What is the correct configuration? (BTW the system is not installed from
> scratch, but from another freebsd box, so some configs may be wrong, but
> I wouldn't know which).

You can use the lower 12 or 16 bits of the ethernet address if you want...

> Please email me, if possible.

You should use the "Followup-To: poster" header when you want that. 
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