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That's a very complicated process...
Authored by: stevec on Jun 29, '04 12:34:49PM

One other thing that he left out is that you may not have to set up a "fake" domain (under number 5 above) as (at least Comcast) has already assigned you a hostname. For example mine is bgp532312bgs.ebrnsw01.nj.comcast.net. Granted it is about as easy to pronounce as the Dramatis Personae from Larry Niven's Known Space series but it is a valid hostname.

BTW he is correct about the terms of service. I have been running a small vanity web site off my cable modem for years with nary a peep from Comcast.

This seems like an interesting hack but I find it easier if not cheaper to just get DNS from an ISP, I use MacServe.net. My IP changes (maybe) once a year, more if I rebuild the o/s or have to reboot often but is easy enough to send an email to the ISP and have them update my DNS. YMMV!



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That's a very complicated process...
Authored by: timcrawf on Jun 29, '04 04:30:23PM

How did you determine your hostname?



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Determine hostname
Authored by: mustang_dvs on Jun 29, '04 06:03:48PM

Visit WhatIsMyIP.com, then take that address, plug it into the Lookup tab of Network Utility (found in /Applications/Utilities/) and click "lookup."

You'll see something that says:

Non-authoritative answer:
[IP.address.in.reverse].in-addr.arpa   name = [hostname.domain.tld].

What follows "name =" is your fully-qualified hostname, as determined by a reverse lookup.

Nice ISP's (particularly those that allow hosting on DSL, like Covad, Speakeasy or Megapath), will be more than willing to to change the reverse entry to reflect your server name (and they also have static IPs for a low premium).

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Determine hostname
Authored by: guppylegs on Jun 30, '04 11:06:57AM

Alternatively, your fully qualified domain name can be viewed in the Services tab of the Sharing Preference Pane:

Other Macintosh users can access your computer at afp://h111a27eab08c.ne.client2.attbi.com/ or browse for "G4" by choosing Network from the Go menu in the Finder.



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Determine hostname
Authored by: mustang_dvs on Jul 01, '04 01:43:22AM
Yes, but that only works if your machine a) is running OS X client, not server, and b) is directly connected to the PPP server (or PPPoE in the case of most DSL).

If your machine is behind a firewall or router using NAT, it will only provide the non-routing IP (10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x, 172.16.x.x, etc) and the hostname as specified in the Sharing panel. In such a case, a reverse-lookup hostname would only be provided if you have a DNS server set up on the same subnet.

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