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-**Router Name**: Here, enter a nickname for the FreshTomato device for your own reference.+**Router Name**: here, enter a nickname for the FreshTomato device for your own reference.
  
-The router name display on the Overview page and in the title of the router's web interface pages. This is **//not//** a TCP/IP hostname. It does not register the device or help resolve it on the network. The //hostname// field (TCP/IP hostname) serves those functions.+The router name display on the Overview page and in the title of the router's web interface pages. This is //**not**// a TCP/IP hostname. It does not register the device or help resolve it on the network. The //hostname// field (TCP/IP hostname) serves those functions.
  
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-**Hostname**: Hereyou can specify the TCP/IP hostname of your FreshTomato device.+**Hostname**: here, specify the TCP/IP hostname of your FreshTomato device.
  
 This name will be registered on an IP network for functions such as outgoing DHCP lease requests, local DNS resolution, and NetBIOS name resolution for SAMBA. It's used extensively in the log, to help you to identify routers when you have more than one reporting back to one log server. This name will be registered on an IP network for functions such as outgoing DHCP lease requests, local DNS resolution, and NetBIOS name resolution for SAMBA. It's used extensively in the log, to help you to identify routers when you have more than one reporting back to one log server.
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-**Domain Name**: Sets the TLD (top-level domainname of the router's internal DNS server.+**Domain Name**: here, enter the top-level domain name of the router's internal DNS server.
  
 This defines a namespace for your LAN. This defines a namespace for your LAN.
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