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>Chapter 9. Managing DNS Settings</H1
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> The <B
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hostname, domain, name servers, and search domain. Name servers are used
to look up other hosts on the network.
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> If the DNS server names are retrieved from DHCP or PPPoE (or retrieved
from the ISP), do not add primary, secondary, or tertiary DNS servers.
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> If the hostname is retrieved dynamically from DHCP or PPPoE (or
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> The name servers section does not configure the system to be a name
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IP address to hostnames and vice versa.
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