Rewrote section explaining IP Addresses.

Thanks Bryan Kadzban and Bruce Dubbs.
Resolves Ticket 1663.


git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7501 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>April 12, 2006</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[jhuntwork] - Rewrote section explaining IP Addresses.
+          Thanks Bryan Kadzban and Bruce Dubbs. Resolves Ticket 1663.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[jhuntwork] - Adjust some redundant text in Berkeley DB page.</para>
         </listitem>

chapter07/hosts.xml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <secondary>/etc/hosts</secondary></indexterm>
 
   <para>If a network card is to be configured, decide on the IP address,
-  FQDN, and possible aliases for use in the
+  fully-qualified domain name (FQDN), and possible aliases for use in the
   <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file. The syntax is:</para>
 
 <screen><literal>&lt;IP address&gt; myhost.example.org aliases</literal></screen>
@@ -34,17 +34,18 @@
   address is in the private network IP address range. Valid ranges
   are:</para>
 
-<screen><literal>	Class Networks
-	A     10.0.0.0
-	B     172.16.0.0 through 172.31.0.255
-	C     192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255</literal></screen>
+<screen><literal>Private Network Address Range      Normal Prefix
+10.0.0.1 - 10.255.255.254           8
+172.x.0.1 - 172.x.255.254           16
+192.168.y.1 - 192.168.y.254         24</literal></screen>
 
-  <para>A valid IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this
-  IP could be www.linuxfromscratch.org (not recommended because this is
-  a valid registered domain address and could cause domain name server
-  issues).</para>
+  <para>x can be any number in the range 16-31. y can be any number in
+  the range 0-255.</para>
 
-  <para>Even if not using a network card, an FQDN is still required.
+  <para>A valid private IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this
+  IP could be lfs.example.org.</para>
+
+  <para>Even if not using a network card, a valid FQDN is still required.
   This is necessary for certain programs to operate correctly.</para>
 
   <para>Create the  <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file by running:</para>