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wriggary

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Registered: 2009-06-30

Posts: 65

proper /etc/hosts for my situation

Hello all,

I just (finally) got set up through an ISP which assigns me (well the DSL modem) a publicly routable dynamic address.  Anyway, I've setup a dyndns.org hostname, and ddclient to update it, and it routes beautifully to my linux box, through the dsl modem which has the ssh port (and other services as they come up) forwarded to the proper box.

Anyway, I was updating my /etc/hosts, and I'm wondering if I have it setup correctly.

#<ip-address>   <hostname.domain.org>   <hostname>
127.0.0.1               XXXXXXXX.homelinux.org localhost.localdomain   localhost XXXXXXXX
192.168.0.51            XXXXXXXX.homelinux.org XXXXXXXX
192.168.0.50            regulator-pc    regulator-pc.localdomain
192.168.0.1             qwest-modem     qwest-modem.localdomain
192.168.0.2             regulator-bridge        regulator-bridge.localdomain
# End of file

Please replace all instances of XXXXXXXX with my actual hostname.
This box (XXXXXXXX) has a static IP of 192.168.0.51, is that line correct?
I've left the (hostname.localdoman) stuff in my hosts lists since at one point I had a caching bind server running on my local net, but I've yet to set that up on this network.
regulator-bridge is my dd-wrt'd wrt54g, which now is set up in client bridge mode to allow the boxes with ethernet ports to join the network (routed off the DSL modem), and so I don't have to run an ethernet cable across the living room to the DSL modem.  Works like a champ.

Appreciate any input.

Thanks.