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Hostname is a label assigned to a device connected to a computer network used to identify the device.

A hostname is a label that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network and that is used to identify the device in various forms of electronic communication such as the World Wide Web, e-mail or Usenet. Hostnames may be simple names consisting of a single word or phrase, or they may have appended the name of a DNS domain, separated from the host specific label by a period (dot). In the latter form, a hostname is also called a domain name. If the domain name is completely specified including a top-level domain of the Internet, the hostname is said to be a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).

Hostnames that include DNS domains are often stored in the Domain Name System together with IP addresses of the host they represent for the purpose of mapping the hostname to an address, or the reverse process.

Source: Wikipedia.

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Host name resolution on Windows 7

Other than specifying the host name in the host file for web site are there other steps needed to be able to refer to the site by that name instead of the ip address? I want to access the site like this http://mypages/page.php instead of…
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Is a Hostname A Entry necessary?

When I log into WHM, I get this message: The server was unable to lookup an an A entry for its hostname (server226.taxi.com). This is generally because the entry was never added. However this could also be the result of your nameserver(s) being…
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Problems resolving hostnames on LAN in CentOS

I have a CentOS 7.7 server up and running, which I am trying to access from other CentOS machines on LAN. Unfortunately, I am not able to reach the hostname from other machines. How can I solve this problem? Server (CentOS 7.7): $…
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Are the hostname resolved by DNS and the hostname resolved by web server for virtual hosting independent of each other?

Are the following two independent of each other: the hostname resolved by DNS and the hostname resolved by web server for virtual hosting ? Thanks.
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what is it like that a host name is resolvable to more than one IP addresses?

From https://serverfault.com/a/953384/16981 Host names do not correspond to an {ipaddress,port} tuple. A host name is only the name of a server, which should be resolvable to one or more IP addresses. Ports have nothing to do with host names at…
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Why can't I set two vhost in my apache?

Apache was installed on my debian,i want to bind two domain name with different directroy. cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 hwy.local www.hwy.local 127.0.0.1 test.app www.test.app Two domain name all binded with 127.0.0.1. cat …
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How to change name server and have least downtime?

I am currently hosting on Bigrock and my domain name is also from Bigrock. I am facing many issues regarding the server memory and I need to conduct an important event on my website in about 50 hours for which there are registrations going on. I…
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my host has no PTR record

when i check my host i get this host myIP xx.xxx.xx.103.in-addr.arpa has no PTR record So i dd this to my /var/named/domainname.com.db myHostname. IN A myIP xx.xxx.xx.103.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR myHostname. I restart BIND DNS Server but when i…
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changing the hostname doesn't map the local ip to hostname

I tried changing my hostname from localhost.localdomain of fedora machine by giving the below command hostnamectl set-hostname example.com --static After that I did a network restart . But when I tried to ping the example.com it doesn't map to the…
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DNS settings are ignored

My physical setup is: DMZ (SERVER) (192.168.1.1) | | WAN ——— ROUTER (1.2.3.4, 192.168.1.254) ——— LAN LAN adresses are assigned by DHCP. The router assigns this config: IP:…
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Linux PC is not reachable through hostname when static ip is configured

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 on PC. when the PC is configured to use DHCP, the pc is accessable through it's hostname. but when I set static ip, I can't reach the PC through the hostname. What is the problem, and how can it be fixed ?
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Connecting to Gest ip address usign host alias

I have RedHat OS running on VMWare Player. My host operating system is windows7. Network configuration i am using on my virtual machine is NAT. I have configured my Guest operating systems /etc/hosts to have following configuration.…
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How to change computer name in Win7 in a workgroup to make it like in a domain

My home computer is currently in my home's workgroup, and I don't have any domain controller in my home network. I would like to have my computer's hostname look like mycomputer.mydomain.com, but Windows 7 doesn't allow dot in the computer name, and…
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Should the hostname of my VPS point to the dedi IP of my Domain or to to a shared one used for new account creation?

I leased a VPS which I want to use to sell shared hosting. 3 IPs - I call them A, B and C here for simplicity. Actual setup is: A=NS1.mydomain.com; host.mydomain.com and is used to set-up new accounts in shared…
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Connecting subdomain to a server as hostname

I have my website (mydomain.com) connected with a vps server and now I want to setup another server and use subdomain from main domain for hostname as well the nameservers (e.g. srv1.mydomain.com should point to new server, ns3.mydomain.com and…
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