dhcppc1 in the file /etc/hosts error

[Lloyd Hayes]

> Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 18:46:11 +0100
> From: Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org>
> Subject: Re: dhcppc1 in the file /etc/hosts error
> To: dmitrik at mindspring.com,	For users of Fedora Core releases
> 	<fedora-list at redhat.com>
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> 
> Am So, den 09.01.2005 schrieb dmitrik at mindspring.com um 18:32:
> 
> > After Gnome user login I got the following message:
> > "Could not look up internet address for dhcppc1. This will prevent gnome from working properly. It is
> > possible to correct the problem by adding dhcppc1 in the file /etc/hosts".
> > 
> > any idea how to resolve this or actually add it into the file?
> > I can't find that file.
> 
> /etc/hosts file must be there.
> "dhcppc1" is a host which gets his IP by a DHCP server? Run
> "system-config-network" and configure it porperly.
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/s1-netconfig.html
> 
> Either set the hostname manually or let it set automatically by the DHCP
> server. /etc/hosts has following format:
> 
> $ cat /etc/hosts
> 
> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
> 127.0.0.1               localhost.localdomain localhost
> 192.168.0.1             dhcppc1.dhcp.net dhcppc1
> 
> > dk
> 
> Alexander
> 
192.168.0.1   dhcppc1.dhcp.net  dhcppc1
Is this something that is specific to your network?
Or is this something that needs to be on my computer?
I access wifi servers all across the USA.

-- 
Lloyd Hayes <lloyd545220-trucker at yahoo.com>