Re: [SLE] Comcast and NAT

From: Paul W. Abrahams (abrahams_at_acm.org)
Date: 01/31/04

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    I should have asked explicitly: given my MAC address, how do I determine the
    associated hostname? Can I ping it? Is there still a fixed associated
    hostname on Comcast? A Google search yielded posts that suggests Comcast
    might be changing their practices on that.

    Paul Abrahams 

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