named sandbox trouble

[Robert Downes]

>>>>I'm trying to setup BIND so that my machine understands its own hostname 
>>>>(because mySQL refuses to install because the hostname appears invalid 
>>>>and the --force option seems to do nothing), and because it would be 
>>>>helpful generally.
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>>>This doesn't answer your question, as I don't run BIND, but couldn't
>>>you just put an entry in /etc/hosts?
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>>I have an entry for my machine's IP address and the address of my router 
>>in /etc/hosts, but still I get complaints.
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>Weird. :/
>
>Are the entries fully qualified?
>What does your resolv.conf look like?
>Do any other apps complain?
>
>I'd have to look at the MySQL install scripts to be sure, but I
>can't fathom why MySQL would go out of it's way to sneak around the
>resolver...
>
>  
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I've realised that my /etc/resolv.conf is being overwritten on every 
reboot. I assumed this was because of DHCP, but disabling DHCP meant 
that my network connection was disabled.

I think a lot of the problem is not understanding how to define a home 
network behind an ADSL-modem/router/switch, so I'm configuring things 
badly, and that's causing failure.

Where can I go to fully educate myself on how to configure my 
ADSL-modem/router/switch and also FreeBSD behind that router?
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