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@@ -237,14 +237,18 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
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<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > /etc/hosts << "EOF"
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<literal># Begin /etc/hosts
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-127.0.0.1 <replaceable><HOSTNAME.example.org></replaceable> <replaceable><HOSTNAME></replaceable> localhost <replaceable>[alias1] [alias2] ...</replaceable>
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-::1 <replaceable><HOSTNAME.example.org></replaceable> <replaceable><HOSTNAME></replaceable> localhost <replaceable>[alias1] [alias2] ...</replaceable>
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+127.0.0.1 localhost
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+127.0.1.1 <replaceable><FQDN></replaceable> <replaceable><HOSTNAME></replaceable>
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+::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
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+ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
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+ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
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# End /etc/hosts</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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<para>The ::1 entry is the IPv6 counterpart of 127.0.0.1 and represents
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-the IPv6 loopback interface.</para>
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+ the IPv6 loopback interface. 127.0.1.1 is a loopback entry reserved
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+ specifically for the FQDN.</para>
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<para>If using a static address, create the <filename>/etc/hosts</filename>
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file by running this command instead:</para>
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@@ -253,14 +257,17 @@ the IPv6 loopback interface.</para>
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<literal># Begin /etc/hosts
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127.0.0.1 localhost
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-::1 localhost
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-<replaceable><192.168.0.2></replaceable> <replaceable><HOSTNAME.example.org></replaceable> <replaceable><HOSTNAME></replaceable> <replaceable>[alias1] [alias2] ...</replaceable>
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+127.0.1.1 <replaceable><FQDN></replaceable> <replaceable><HOSTNAME></replaceable>
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+<replaceable><192.168.0.2></replaceable> <replaceable><FQDN></replaceable> <replaceable><HOSTNAME></replaceable> <replaceable>[alias1] [alias2] ...</replaceable>
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+::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
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+ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
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+ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
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# End /etc/hosts</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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<para>The <replaceable><192.168.0.2></replaceable>,
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- <replaceable><HOSTNAME.example.org></replaceable>, and
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+ <replaceable><FQDN></replaceable>, and
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<replaceable><HOSTNAME></replaceable> values need to be
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changed for specific uses or requirements (if assigned an IP address by a
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network/system administrator and the machine will be connected to an
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