[techtalk] network configuring

[Jenn V.]

Laurel Fan wrote:
> 
> Excerpts from linuxchix: 18-May-100 [techtalk] network configuring"Deepa
> Karnad"@blr.vsnl. (1539*) by
> > One basic question. How can an IP address be assigned to a host?=20
> > Tried many ways including Lisa. Could not figure out.=20
> > I understand that there should be some way of accomplishing this. How =
> > else does a host know if the destination of a certain arrived packet is =
> > itself?=20
> 
> In unix, the IP address is generally assigned to the interface (such as
> (for linux) eth0 for an ethernet card or ppp0 for a ppp connection) with
> ifconfig.  

As for how a machine knows IP addresses without using a DNS, the /etc/hosts
file (Debian distribution) records a lot of IPs.

In Debian, at least, the most critical IP addresses are entered during the
installation.


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