NFS help (.. is definitely needed)

[Otto Haliburton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-install-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Otto Haliburton
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 10:56 PM
> To: 'Getting started with Red Hat Linux'
> Subject: RE: NFS help (.. is definitely needed)
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-install-
> list-
> > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Vince LaMonica
> > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 10:41 PM
> > To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> > Subject: RE: NFS help (.. is definitely needed)
> >
> > On Sun, 28 Aug 2005, Otto Haliburton wrote:
> >
> > } > you have gone through what you think is a heavy analysis, let me now
> > give
> > } > the the simplest and the skinny about how you isp works, when your
> > router
> > } > comes up it goes to the DHCP for the ISP and get assigned a IP
> address
> > } > this
> > } > ISP address is usually assigned to
> computername.state.city.isp.domain
> > in
> > } > the
> > } > dns now you can go from there
> > } >
> > } >
> > } I forgot to attach the mac address which is what makes it unique in
> the
> > dns.
> >
> > A NIC's MAC address has 100% nothing to do with DNS. So far, what you
> have
> > written is 99% inaccurate and will only cause people to be confused. You
> > best read what others have written, since it is clear you don't have the
> > knowledge you think you have.
> >
> > /vjl/
> >
> >
> well then, ask yourself why your router has a mac address, but further to
> simplify this discussion, as yourself a simple question, what is
> WWW.redhat.com, don't you get a little suspicious when it is called a
> domain
> name?  I would cause that suggest that somewhere along the way you are
> going
> to a DNS.
> 
that's just my opinion now I could be wrong, but a lot of people spend a lot
of money buying these domain names, but I could be wrong.