Re: [SLE] Comcast and NAT

From: Patrick Shanahan (paka_at_wahoo.no-ip.org)
Date: 01/31/04

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    * Paul W. Abrahams <abrahams@acm.org> [01-31-04 11:37]:
    > 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.

    IIANM, your MAC address is only good for internal/local networks and
    for comcast to identify your account. You are _not_ identified on the
    net by your mac address. Your host/domain address resolves to a dotted
    quad ###.###.###.### and this is used to identify you on the net/web.
    The word names are a handy way of remembering place-names instead of
    learning/remembering a string of disassociated numbers.

    If you do not have a static address, your address changes periodically,
    although it may not appear to. My address 24.208.208.146 has been the
    same for nearly two years, and I would prefer that it never changes. 

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Patrick Shanahan                        Registered Linux User #207535
http://wahoo.no-ip.org                        @ http://counter.li.org
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