Re: Problem with DHCP, /etc/hosts and GNOME

["William Hooper" <whooperhsd3 earthlink net>]

Satish Balay said:
>
> Exactly whats required for laptops :) - with one more step
>
> DHCP Client: I'll make my own DNS entry in /etc/hosts for mmm.nnn.ooo

If you are switching networks that often, do what the installer does:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost myhost.mydomain myhost

Or, I have also seen suggested:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.2 myhost.mydomain myhost

That way you don't have to make any changes to the /etc/hosts, just don't
expect someone else to be able to connect to your hostname (even if you
use the DHCP address).

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William Hooper