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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.campus.mci.net!n-f-m From: Anthony Jenkins <ajenkins@auburn.campus.mci.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Hostname for box w/ part time internet connection Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 20:02:27 -0500 Organization: CampusMCI Lines: 9 Message-ID: <33B462A3.C9A68B9C@auburn.campus.mci.net> Reply-To: ajenkins@auburn.campus.mci.net NNTP-Posting-Host: s21-pm01.auburn.campus.mci.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; U) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43661 What do I set as the host name for my machine, which occasionally dials-up a connection to the internet? Do I use the domain name of my ISP, or would that be naughty? I have a single PC running FreeBSD (Win95 on another partition), no network (though I soon hope to delve into the wonderful, hair-pulling world of small network admin. when I get another box), and dial-up PPP access to the internet. Thanks in advance, Anthony