On 2015-02-28 20:35:22 +, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On 2015-02-28, Philippe Clérié wrote:
> > What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1?
> >
> > It tends to be annoying when using dnsmasq as a server for static hosts.
>
> It is used when the host uses DHCP to obtain an IP addre
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 17:17:24 -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote:
> I've read through some of that thread you pointed to and to be
> honest, it's not at all clear what problem was being solved. I'm
> still not entirely convinced it's useful. But it's easily dealt with
> so... :-)
There is a long histo
Joe wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Joe wrote:
> > > It doesn't work with Windows 8, which refuses to accept 127.0.1.1 as
> > > a valid DHCP server IP address, and to be honest I can't say I blame
> > > it.
> >
> > Excuse me? Why is your DHCP server using 127.0.1.1? How is that even
> > working a
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 15:23:10 -0700
Bob Proulx wrote:
> Joe wrote:
> >
> > It doesn't work with Windows 8, which refuses to accept 127.0.1.1 as
> > a valid DHCP server IP address, and to be honest I can't say I blame
> > it.
>
> Excuse me? Why is your DHCP server using 127.0.1.1? How is that
Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Software there asks, who am I? They then pass the
> > IP address around.
>
> Software doing this is simply broken.
>
> Nothing guarantees (nor any standard demands) that the hostname actually
> resolves to anything, not to talk about a vali
Philippe Clérié wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> >Philippe Clérié wrote:
> > > It tends to be annoying when using dnsmasq as a server for static hosts.
> >
> > You'll have to be more specific.
>
> Nothing major. Just that every so often when trying to reach a host being
> used as a DNS server with dnsmasq,
On Sat, 2015-02-28 at 15:23 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Software there asks, who am I? They then pass the
> IP address around.
Software doing this is simply broken.
Nothing guarantees (nor any standard demands) that the hostname actually
resolves to anything, not to talk about a valid public IP a
Joe wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> > Philippe Clérié wrote:
> > > What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1?
> >
> > You can start with
> >
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/07/msg00809.html
> >
> > and then work backwards in time.
Every scheme proposed and used solve
On 02/28/2015 03:50 PM, Brian wrote:
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:11:31 -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote:
What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1?
You can start with
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/07/msg00809.html
and then work backwards in time.
It tends to be
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 20:50:26 +
Brian wrote:
> On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:11:31 -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote:
>
> > What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1?
>
> You can start with
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/07/msg00809.html
>
> and then work backwar
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:11:31 -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote:
> What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1?
You can start with
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/07/msg00809.html
and then work backwards in time.
> It tends to be annoying when using dnsmasq as a serve
On 2015-02-28, Philippe Clérié wrote:
> What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1?
>
> It tends to be annoying when using dnsmasq as a server for static hosts.
>
It is used when the host uses DHCP to obtain an IP address. One places
an entry in /etc/hosts so that the host name
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