On Thursday 11 January 2007 18:42, James Knott wrote:
Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
Having said that, there is one small issue with YasT that has been this way for years. It will not let you give different names to the cards. After assigning the system name, it is applied to both cards. So, you need to edit /etc/hosts and give one card (IP address) a different name. That is the only issue I have ever had.
Host names refer to the computer, not the NIC.
If you want to get really precise, DNS names can resolve to one or more IP addresses, so they need even not refer to a single host. Here's a typical example: % host www.google.com www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com. www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.147 www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.99 www.l.google.com has address 66.102.7.104 www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com. www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com. % host google.com google.com has address 64.233.167.99 google.com has address 64.233.187.99 google.com has address 72.14.207.99 google.com mail is handled by 10 smtp4.google.com. google.com mail is handled by 10 smtp1.google.com. google.com mail is handled by 10 smtp2.google.com. google.com mail is handled by 10 smtp3.google.com. Here's another: % host amazon.com amazon.com has address 72.21.203.1 amazon.com has address 72.21.206.5 amazon.com has address 72.21.210.11 amazon.com mail is handled by 10 smtp-fw-0102.amazon.com. amazon.com mail is handled by 10 smtp-fw-2102.amazon.com. amazon.com mail is handled by 10 smtp-fw-6101.amazon.com. It's also allowed and not uncommon to associate more than one IP address with a given NIC. And naturally, a given host can have any number of NICs installed. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org