Changeset ec8601d


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Timestamp:
04/13/2006 05:49:56 PM (17 years ago)
Author:
Archaic <archaic@…>
Children:
1bb3cbd
Parents:
89bca06
Message:

Rewrote section explaining IP Addresses.
Thanks Bryan Kadzban and Bruce Dubbs.
Resolves Ticket 1663.
Merged from trunk r7501.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/udev_update/BOOK@7507 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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  • chapter01/changelog.xml

    r89bca06 rec8601d  
    4040      <para>April 12, 2006</para>
    4141      <itemizedlist>
     42        <listitem>
     43          <para>[jhuntwork] - Rewrote section explaining IP Addresses.
     44          Thanks Bryan Kadzban and Bruce Dubbs. Resolves Ticket 1663.</para>
     45        </listitem>
    4246        <listitem>
    4347          <para>[jhuntwork] - Added a pointer to GDBM in Berkeley DB page.

  • chapter07/hosts.xml

    r89bca06 rec8601d  
    2424
    2525  <para>If a network card is to be configured, decide on the IP address,
    26   FQDN, and possible aliases for use in the
     26  fully-qualified domain name (FQDN), and possible aliases for use in the
    2727  <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file. The syntax is:</para>
    2828
    … …  
    3535  are:</para>
    3636
    37 <screen><literal>       Class Networks
    38         A     10.0.0.0
    39         B     172.16.0.0 through 172.31.0.255
    40         C     192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255</literal></screen>
     37<screen><literal>Private Network Address Range      Normal Prefix
     3810.0.0.1 - 10.255.255.254           8
     39172.x.0.1 - 172.x.255.254           16
     40192.168.y.1 - 192.168.y.254         24</literal></screen>
    4141
    42   <para>A valid IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this
    43   IP could be www.linuxfromscratch.org (not recommended because this is
    44   a valid registered domain address and could cause domain name server
    45   issues).</para>
     42  <para>x can be any number in the range 16-31. y can be any number in
     43  the range 0-255.</para>
    4644
    47   <para>Even if not using a network card, an FQDN is still required.
     45  <para>A valid private IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this
     46  IP could be lfs.example.org.</para>
     47
     48  <para>Even if not using a network card, a valid FQDN is still required.
    4849  This is necessary for certain programs to operate correctly.</para>
    4950
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