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Old 11-16-2005, 04:48 AM   #1
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What do you enter for a host name


Hi,
is there anything special that ou shoud enter for a host name, or does it need to be one of my host name like www thriftyserve.com?
 
Old 11-16-2005, 04:51 AM   #2
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You can just enter any hostname you wish on a home machine if you're not running web services. Even then, it shouldn't cause a problem. Is more an issue on networked machines.
 
Old 11-16-2005, 11:31 PM   #3
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What if you are running web services?
 
Old 11-17-2005, 01:22 AM   #4
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It shouldn't be a problem to enter Host name whatever you like even if you are running Web Services.
 
  


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