Brad3d

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I run dual boot XP/redhat8.0. During RH8 setup it asked for host name. i wasn't sure what to pick so i let it choose. it came up with "x1-6-00-50-ba******" Is this gibberish or does it mean something? In XP I use the name given to me by my cable provider (atnt) "c1072****" . Should i try to change it to that? and if so how? i found how to change the hostname on the net. It was localhost.local domain, i changed it to c1072****. but i am not sure It did anything or that that was the right thing to change. I also get the error when booting into Gnome "Could not look up Internet address for x1-6-00-******* " . Does this mean i have the wrong name for it? Any help would be nice

Thank you,
Brad

acid_kewpie

that name will be your identifier with your ISP, your account number or similar. use the "hostname" program to set it to whatever you want.