Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Greg Meyer wrote: > > > On Sunday 02 March 2003 02:28 pm, J�rg Skottke wrote: > > > setting up the networking from drakconf asks for the hostname > > > and "zeroconf". what is zeroconf? > > > > Doesn't anybody Google anymore? > > > > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2002/12/20/zeroconf.html > > > > > > > > > > A short explanation about what it is on the install screen would be nice > > though. > > > > "Enter a zeroconf hostname. This will allow you to operate your computer on a > > Multicast DNS environment without reconfiguring the network interface." > > And this is supposed to make it easier to understand? > > Why do we need to enter this at all? IMHO, tmdns should take this from the > system as it does by default! > > If we ask for zeroconf names, why not about: > 1)Netbios name > 2)Apache virtual host names? > > I really think this is ridiculous. Usability is making it easier for the > user to make the right decision, and in most cases the right decision is > to make the zeroconf hostname the host part of the FQDN. And this is the > default operation of tmdns. This should only be accessible as an advanced > feature.
No because when using dhcp there is no stable fqdn. -- Fred - May the source be with you
