Setting hostname - fake and real

[Ben Paley]

> -----Original Message-----

>From: Mark <admin at asarian-host.net>
>Subject: RE: Setting hostname - fake and real
>To: "'FreeBSD-Questions Questions'" <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
 
>> On Wednesday 09 March 2005 08:20, Luke Kearney wrote:
>> 
>> > Hello Ben
>> > Sounds like you might need some DNS magic here. I am not 
>> entirely sure I
>> > understand why you would want to use fake dns names.
>> 
>> I don't especially want to use a fake name, I just don't have 
>> a real one to use... the machine I'm talking about is my home
>> machine with dynamic IP
>
>Why not simply add an entry to /etc/hosts? Like I do to get a
>pretty name for logins from my XP machine:
>
>192.168.0.6    my-xp-machine.org
>
>- Mark

Ok, what IP do I put? My dynamic IP in the real world (which is pretty static 
in practice), or something else? The address you've used in your example 
looks like my vmnet addresses.

Cheers,
Ben