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I'm going to attempt to configure my computer as an NFS server for my house. My host name is currently Veronica and my domain name is currently MyPlace. Now, my ISP is charter.com. Should I change my domain name to charter.com? What's an appriate name for just a network in a house? Thanks.
No, you don't have to change to charter.com. Just pick whatever name you want for your home network domain and hostnames. They don't matter at all in that case.
Well I wouldn't say it doesn't matter at all.. I would not use any registered domain you do not own as part of your host name, you could be asking for wierdness to occur.
I typically end my home domains in .dom which should never conflict with a real site.
So you could have a FQDN such as: veronica.myplace.local
Nice link on that one.. first I've seen mention of the Pseudo-domains published anywhere.. have to bookmark that for the next time this common question appears.
So if i changed my computer's domain to yahoo.com when it is just on my private home network, will my DNS, provided by my ISP, potentially send me or anyone else to my private network?
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