Exactly.

Naming them within SBS is so the user can identify which device is
which with a meaningful name through the web interface and from the
graphical controllers. But this meaningful name can also include spaces
and other characters which wouldn't be allowed in a hostname.

Setting the hostname in DNS serves absolutely no purpose to the typical
user, who shouldn't even have to know which IP address is allocated to
which device, and is only a concern if you run DNS locally and want to
have a pretty looking table. But it still doesn't achieve anything
useful or essential.

If you really find yourself needing to SSH into the devices and need to
SSH as devicename.dnsdomain then you've probably got bigger problems
that just enjoying your music.


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