How does the AWB determine the hostname?
The hostname is determined by using the system name services or DNS. The AWB uses the default services and naming provided by the specific system to resolve hostnames… There are usually two main forms of a hostname. The long name is fully qualified with the domain while the short name is just the hostname. If the aglet is only receiving a short name from the DNS – then this is the address that it will use. When the AWB queries the DNS (done internally – you never see this from a user aglet) – it uses what has been returned. Depending on the environment, some DNS setups return the fully qualified name (host.x.x.com) or just the plain hostname (host and no .x.x.com).
