IP address variable

[Anthony E. Greene]

On 16-Feb-2005/16:03 -0600, Bill Gradwohl <bill at ycc.com> wrote:
>If one were to stuff a box's eth0 IP address in its hosts file, what 
>purpose would it serve? If you then change the IP address you then also 
>have to remember to change the hosts entry.
>
>The hosts file is useful only if you don't have access to DNS, and only 
>then for addresses that are foreign to the box itself. The hosts file is 
>largely a pre DNS relic.

For a small, relatively static network (home/SOHO), running DNS may be
more trouble than keeping a set of hosts files updated.

Tony
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