From: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I guess my question at this point is, "What purpose is served by the line:
>
> 199.44.34.24 dwarf.polaris.net dwarf
>
> in /etc/hosts?"
>
> If I don't need such a line when dynamic IPs are used, why do I need one
> when it is a static IP?
I think it is there so that you can resolve the domain name to an interface
address when you are adding a manual route to the interface, or perhaps when
you are resolving your own host name from the interface address. PPP
installs its own point-to-point and default routes, and doesn't go through
name resolution while it is doing that.
Thanks
Bruce
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