It doesn't really matter what you call them, though localhost probably is not the best name to use and you should have every machine with their own name. The reason it does not matter what names you use is beacuse you are on your own private network behind a NAT'ing router. On Wednesday 30 March 2005 09:01 pm, Mark Browne wrote: > When I set up my linux boxen I have been leaving the domain name as > localhost. My ISP is Comcast.net and I don't have my own domain name to > plug in. > > I know that this is sort of retarded, but I have no clue about the correct > thing to do here. > > If it makes any difference, I want to network (samba?) my Mandrake-Sun > Sparc, Mandrake Intel, OS X Mac, AMD-64 XP, and Intel XP boxen together > later. > > > > A pointer to a good how-to would be nice. > > > > Mark Browne -- Public key http://www.krytosvirus.com/public.asc