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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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