On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 22:28:24 -0500, David Wright wrote: > 127.0.1.1 coyote.coyote.den coyote > [...] > I don't see the point in leaving it there. If you want to send > something to coyote.coyote.den, why do you want the LAN address > when 127.0.1.1 is just as good. If the line is correct, it does > nothing; if it's incorrect, it can cause harm.
I disagree with you here. The 127.0.1.1 address is a placeholder put there by the installer for the more common case where a machine doesn't have a fixed LAN IP address. Most home or workplace computers these days will get their addresses from DHCP without a reservation, so their internal addresses may vary. 127.0.1.1 is used when a fixed LAN IP address isn't available. But if a fixed LAN IP address *is* assigned, that should be used instead. In Gene's case, where all the addressing is manually assigned and static, using the traditional approach (192.168.x.y coyote.coyote.den coyote) is actually preferred. It allows a single /etc/hosts file to be copied across all computers on the LAN without needing to modify it on each host.
