I've never really taken the time to sit down and learn the "nits and grits' of networking. I don't have enough knowledge to even make me dangerous. Over the years I've not ever really had anything to worry about because I had a hard-wired internet connection at home and whenever I went to "hotspots," things just seemed to work. Because of this laptop, I now have a router, which, so far, I've used only to connect to the internet. It's possible that in the future, I may want to establish a network here in the house to access at least the printer on my PC.
It's now time for me to customize the /etc/hosts file, and, obviously, I have a NIC. This is the file from my other laptop which runs LFS-6.3, uses a PCMCIA card and can connect to my router: 127.0.0.1 <FQDN> <address given to me by ISP> aliases recommended by ISP Like I say, this appears to work on my other laptop, but I'm wondering if it's "elegant" enough. Is there anything else I should add to this or is this sufficient considering that DHCP will give me my own address when I link up either privately or for internet use? Thanks, Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
