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Re: hostname/netname

Just your hostname goes in hostname (simple enough)

Put your domain name in /etc/hosts put a line like:

192.168.1.1	server.dontUthink.com	server

(or whatever IP you use instead of .1.1
Who is doing your DNS? Do you have a perminate link to the internet? That will determin how to do your resolv.conf file.
There are several reserved networks you can use. The most common is to use one of the nets in 192.168.x.x.
Which means you can choose any network from 192.168.0.0 up to 192.168.255.0. With each network having 256 hosts (the last octet determins the host), except that 0 and 255 have special uses, so don't pick them.
An excellent ip for the local side of a gateway box is 192.168.0.1. but then 192.168.100.1 192.168.0.167 192.168.199.198, etc are all perfectly ok. 


From: Will Trillich <will@serensoft.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: hostname/netname
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 17:06:11 -0500

i'm trying to figure out where i should put which
components of my debian node name and my dns zone
name...

zone: dontUthink.com
cpu: server

if i have 'server' alone in /etc/hostname
there seem to be places that don't know i'm
in the dontUthink.com zone.

if i have the whole server.dontUthink.com mentioned
in /etc/hostname then how can software figure out
i'm just a part of dontUthink.com?

or, where are the proper places to put the values
that come out as \n and \o in /etc/issue displays
before login?
	# cat /etc/issue
	\n.\o \l \t
	# man hostname
	[snip]
	Hostname is used to either set or display the current host
	or domain name of the system.  This name is used  by  many
	[snip]
host OR domain name. great help, there. aaugh!


related query:

debian is my home intranet router/gateway/firewall.
what kind of naming scheme is standard for an internal
192.168.*.* net? and where do the settings for this, go?


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