[This document describes a field in the Princeton University Host Database. You may also view descriptions of other fields.]
This optional field is used to request that a DECnet address be assigned to your host. Unless your host speaks DECnet (nearly no hosts speak DECnet), and you know what you are doing, you should leave this field blank.
If you specify a DECnet area name, a DECnet address will be assigned to your host appropriate for the DECnet area you specified. If you specify a specific DECnet address, that DECnet address will be assigned to your host, unless it is already assigned to another host.
If your host has already been assigned a DECnet address, then filling in this field will cause a new address to be assigned based upon what you enter in this field.