some really basic networking questions

[Matthew Carpenter]

Sorry, Llama, I have to disagree here...  /etc/hosts is a key part of a Linux system.  If your hostname and ip address don't match in there, you get weird results with some software.

> That's not been my experience.  If i pull one card, and then insert 
> another (all on a DHCP network), the 2nd card grabs a new DHCP address 
> automagically, and i'm ready to go.

True.  The only time you really even have to think is when you have to go between networks where you're DHCP and then you're static.

begin  "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org>
(Sat, 13 Jul 2002 08:28:07 -0700)

> /etc/hosts is nothing more than "BIND for dummies".  It really has 
> nothing at all to do with DHCP functionality.


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