From: Greg Ercolano <erco@(email surpressed)>
Subject: [Q+A] How do I configure a standalone Mac to run Rush?
   Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 15:47:25 -0400
Msg# 2098
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> We'd like to do some tests with Rush running on a standalone Mac
> that isn't connected to a network.
>
> We have HOSTNAME=valmont in the /etc/hostconfig file,
> but we still getting an error about 'hostname unknown'
> from both 'rush -ping' and 'ping valmont'.

	Setting HOSTNAME=valmont sets the machine's hostname, but
	it doesn't help the machine resolve the hostname lookup.

	For a standalone mac, there are two things:

		1) You need to help the machine know what it's own IP
		   address is by making an entry in /etc/hosts. So if
		   your machine is statically set to 192.168.1.5, add:

			192.168.1.5	valmont

	With that in place, 'ping valmont' should no longer give a
	'hostname unknown' error.

	However, the ping may still fail with 'no route to host'
	if you don't have the network port plugged into something
	(eg. a switch or hub). So:

		2) You can either plug it into an otherwise empty
		   switch or hub to get the Mac to bring up the interface
		   (it just needs a link light), or you can *force*
		   the interface up with the following command
		   run as root:

			ifconfig en0 192.168.1.5 up

		   Replace 'en0' with the name of your network interface.

	Then 'ping valmont' should work, and equally 'rush -ping' should then
	work (if you restart the rushd service).

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