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+ | # $EPIC: hostname.txt, | ||
+ | ======Synopsis: | ||
+ | __hostname__ < | ||
+ | __hostname__ [hostname for ipv4]/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Description: | ||
+ | EPIC has many opportunities to create internet connections. | ||
+ | obvious circumstances are server connections and dcc connections. | ||
+ | internet connection has a specific internet protocol (IP) address (in IPv4, | ||
+ | addresses are 32 bit integers; in IPv6, they are larger) for both you and | ||
+ | for the person you're talking to. | ||
+ | |||
+ | By default, EPIC does not specify which IP address should be used for you; | ||
+ | it leaves that choice up to the operating system. | ||
+ | users who have only one IP address. | ||
+ | address available to them, and they do not want to use the system' | ||
+ | IP address but rather one of the auxiliary IP addresses. (Mostly for | ||
+ | vanity purposes). | ||
+ | local IP address that EPIC will use for further connections. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The argument to __hostname__ **must** be a fully qualified internet | ||
+ | hostname that resolves to an IP address (or a numeric IP address) that | ||
+ | your machine is configured to handle. | ||
+ | specify the hostname of another host, EPIC will blithely try to use that | ||
+ | invalid ip address as the local host and all further connections will | ||
+ | FAIL SILENTLY. | ||
+ | know whether or not a hostname you give it is valid for your machine -- | ||
+ | that's the job of you, the user. | ||
+ | |||
+ | You must of course use the [[reconnect command]] after using the | ||
+ | __hostname__ command before the new hostname will be seen by other | ||
+ | users on irc. The __hostname__ command never affects any connections | ||
+ | that already exist beforehand. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is possible to set distinct hostnames for IPv4 and IPv6 connections. | ||
+ | To change both of them at one time, use "/ | ||
+ | ipv4_hostname**/ | ||
+ | will be left unchanged. | ||
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