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184 Part II . Running the Show If you are configuring a DNS server, you can use that server to centrally store names and IP addresses for your LAN. This saves you the trouble of updating every computer s /etc/hosts file every time you add or change a computer on your LAN. To add host names, IP addresses, search paths, and DNS servers: 1. Start the Network Configuration. As root user from a Terminal window, type system-config-network or from the red hat menu, click System Settings. Network. The Network Configuration window appears. 2. Click the Hosts tab. A list of IP addresses, host names, and aliases appears. 3. Click New. A pop-up window (see Figure 5-6) appears. Figure 5-6: Add an IP address, host name, and alias. 4. Type in the IP address number, host name, and, optionally, the host alias. 5. Click OK. 6. Repeat this process until you have added every computer on your LAN that cannot be reached by DNS. 7. Click the DNS tab. 8. Type the IP address of the computers that serve as your Primary and Secondary DNS servers. (You get these IP addresses from your ISP or, if you created your own DNS server, you can enter that server s IP address.) 9. Type the name of the domain (probably the name of your local domain) to be searched for host names into the DNS Search Path box. Note
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