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   XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip   
   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article   
   <477d448f-55e3-4454-99c5-9150499ba887@i18g2000pro.googlegroups.com>,   
    S Claus  wrote:   
      
   > Hi all,   
   >   
   > here is a perhaps dumb question about hostnames on a company network.   
   >   
   > At this place where I work we have servers that can be pinged using:   
   >   
   > ping SMTAPPU01   
   >   
   > ...yet the ping starts with the statement:   
   > Pinging ldncsr0988.intra... [nn.nnn.n.n]   
   >   
   > And I can also using:   
   >   
   > ping ldncsr0988   
   >   
   > which gives the same reply.   
   >   
   > My question about this is, is it NAT that is used to have a server   
   > have two hostnames?   
      
   It's the same way that two entries in the phone book can have the same   
   phone number.   
      
   > And another question is what is the benefit of this? Is there any   
   > benefit other than being able to use more than one hostname?   
      
   If a machine is used for multiple services, it can be useful to give it   
   names that reflect each service.  So if it's both a mail server and a   
   web server, it's more mnemonic to refer to them by the names   
   mail.company.com and www.company.com.   
      
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   Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu   
   Arlington, MA   
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