On Saturday 31 January 2004 4:43 am, John Andersen wrote:
On Friday 30 January 2004 19:25, James Knott wrote:
How can you set up a server with a Comcast account if your IP address is not static and therefore subject to change without notice?
While I have dhcp, the assigned address stays the same for so long, it might as well be static. Also, while my address may change, my host name won't, as it's based on my mac address. So any host name look up will return the correct ip.
Say what?
Maybe in your own (windows) network but not from outside.
There seems to be a major misunderstanding here. As a general rule, there is no relationship between a hostname and the MAC address of the ethernet card on the computer having that hostname. However, Comcast has created an exception to that rule because they (AT&T Broadband, actually) know the MAC address of each computer on their net and assign to that computer a hostname derived from that MAC address. In particular, James, knowing the MAC address of his computer and being a Comcast customer, can address his computer by a fixed hostname, namely, the one derived from that MAC address. Paul Abrahams