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+<sect1 id="ch09-hosts">
+<title>Creating the /etc/hosts file</title>
+
+<para>
+If you want to configure a network card, you have to decide on the
+IP-address, FQDN and possible aliases for use in the /etc/hosts file. An
+example is:
+</para>
+
+<blockquote><literallayout>
+
+	&lt;my-IP&gt; myhost.mydomain.org aliases
+
+</literallayout></blockquote>
+
+<para>
+Make sure the IP-address is in the private network IP-address range.
+Valid ranges are:
+</para>
+
+<blockquote><literallayout>
+
+	Class Networks
+	A     10.0.0.0
+	B     172.16.0.0 through 172.31.0.0
+	C     192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.0
+
+</literallayout></blockquote>
+
+<para>
+A valid IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this IP could
+be www.linuxfromscratch.org
+</para>
+
+<para>
+If you're not going to use a network card, you still need to come up with a
+FQDN. This is necessary for programs like Sendmail to operate correctly (in
+fact; Sendmail won't run when it can't determine the FQDN).
+</para>
+
+<para>
+If you don't configure a network card, create a new file
+<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> by running:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout>
+
+<userinput>cat &gt; /etc/hosts &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
+# Begin /etc/hosts (no network card version)
+
+127.0.0.1 www.mydomain.com &lt;value of HOSTNAME&gt; localhost
+
+# End /etc/hosts (no network card version)
+<userinput>EOF</userinput>
+
+</literallayout>
+
+<para>
+If you do configure a network card, create a new file
+<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> containing:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout>
+
+<userinput>cat &gt; /etc/hosts &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
+# Begin /etc/hosts (network card version)
+
+127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
+192.168.1.1 www.mydomain.org &lt;value of HOSTNAME&gt;
+
+# End /etc/hosts (network card version)
+<userinput>EOF</userinput>
+
+</literallayout>
+
+<para>
+Of course, change the 192.168.1.1 and www.mydomain.org to your own
+liking (or requirements if you are assigned an IP-address by a network/system
+administrator and you plan on connecting this machine to that network).
+</para>
+
+</sect1>
+