[gentoo-user] Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation?

[Alexander Skwar]

· Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>:
> On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:50:28 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:

>> But I agree, it makes no sense to even be able to set this per
>> interface.
>
> I can think of a couple of uses for this.
>
> A laptop with wired and wireless interfaces. wired is only used on the
> "home" network, with a fixed domain. wireless is used in multiple
> locations with the domain set via DHCP.

Okay. But what's the domainname, when both NICs are "connected"?

> A server with multiple interfaces, running different domains on each,
> although this could also be done with virtual hosts.

Hm? I don't get this. For NICs, there are no domainnames. And Virtual
Hosts only exist in the context of webservers. In this context, I don't
see how this makes sense.

Alexander Skwar
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