Re: System asks ISP for local address

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Somebody in the thread at some point said:
>> Check that your local machine name appears in /etc/hosts on the same
>> line as 127.0.0.1, eg
>>
>> 127.0.0.1       mymachine localhost.localdomain   localhost
>>
> I personally would not set my machine name to 127.0.0.1.  I would
> leave that as just localhost.localdomain localhost.
> 
> I would then set the 192.168.n.n mymachine

How do you deal with dhcp-acquired addresses then?  At least coming at
your own machine by 127.0.0.1 is always available even if you have no
external address on any interface.

-Andy


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