Subj : Hello?
To   : Steve Quarrella
From : David Drummond
Date : Wed Nov 01 2000 10:58 am

Steve

31 Oct 00 15:18, Steve Quarrella wrote to David Drummond:

 lg>>>> Because.. if you give it a 'name'.. then.. when it wants to
 lg>>>> know 'what' the system is referenced by the name (even if
 lg>>>> it is itself), it will try to lookup that name in the DNS..
 lg>>>> if it isn't there.... well... :-)
 
 SQ>>> Let me ask an ignorant question, then:  Can I run this thing without
 SQ>>> any kind of hostname?

 dd>> Will you be running _any_ networking?

 SQ> Yep.

I don't think so then. It's not big a deal to give it a name, and enter it into 
a hosts file. No need for any DNS.

Regards,
David

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