some really basic networking questions

[Net Llama!]

Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> 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.

When did i say it wasn't a key part of the system?  No where.  However 
it has *NOTHING* to do with DHCP.  Please don't put words in my mouth.

> 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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