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Rewrote section explaining IP Addresses.

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Thanks Bryan Kadzban and Bruce Dubbs.
Resolves Ticket 1663.


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<para>April 12, 2006</para>
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<listitem>
<para>[jhuntwork] - Rewrote section explaining IP Addresses.
Thanks Bryan Kadzban and Bruce Dubbs. Resolves Ticket 1663.</para>
</listitem>
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<para>[jhuntwork] - Adjust some redundant text in Berkeley DB page.</para>
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<secondary>/etc/hosts</secondary></indexterm>
<para>If a network card is to be configured, decide on the IP address,
FQDN, and possible aliases for use in the
fully-qualified domain name (FQDN), and possible aliases for use in the
<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file. The syntax is:</para>
<screen><literal>&lt;IP address&gt; myhost.example.org aliases</literal></screen>
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address is in the private network IP address range. Valid ranges
are:</para>
<screen><literal> Class Networks
A 10.0.0.0
B 172.16.0.0 through 172.31.0.255
C 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255</literal></screen>
<screen><literal>Private Network Address Range Normal Prefix
10.0.0.1 - 10.255.255.254 8
172.x.0.1 - 172.x.255.254 16
192.168.y.1 - 192.168.y.254 24</literal></screen>
<para>A valid IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this
IP could be www.linuxfromscratch.org (not recommended because this is
a valid registered domain address and could cause domain name server
issues).</para>
<para>x can be any number in the range 16-31. y can be any number in
the range 0-255.</para>
<para>Even if not using a network card, an FQDN is still required.
<para>A valid private IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this
IP could be lfs.example.org.</para>
<para>Even if not using a network card, a valid FQDN is still required.
This is necessary for certain programs to operate correctly.</para>
<para>Create the <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file by running:</para>