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That's a very complicated process...
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.
That's a very complicated process...
How did you determine your hostname?
Determine hostname
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: 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).
Determine hostname
Alternatively, your fully qualified domain name can be viewed in the Services tab of the Sharing Preference Pane:
Determine hostname
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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