127.0.1.1 in /etc/hosts, why?

[Casey Stamper]

On 8/10/07, Gerald Dachs <ubuntu at dachsweb.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> it would be nice if someone could explain me why the /etc/host shows
>
>     127.0.0.1 localhost
>     127.0.1.1 mycomputer.mydomain mycomputer
>
> instead of
>
>     127.0.0.1 localhost mycomputer.mydomain mycomputer
>
> Currently I have only problems with this. What is the benefit of this
> separate IP?
>
> Regards
> Gerald
>
>
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I will admit my ignorance as to why that entry is in there but I DO
know that if you add mycomputer.mydomain mycomputer to the first line
as well, your name resolution speed increases and DNS lookups are much
faster.

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