[ale] OT - OSX hostname

[Jerald Sheets]

I know that in DHCP-land on OSX, you'll assume the name assigned to  
you in the DHCP offer unless you've otherwise set the hostname.

Pretty standard fare for Macs...


On Oct 28, 2009, at 10:22 PM, Robert Coggins wrote:

> I ran into an interesting situation today.  I had a mac user get a
> little concerned because the hostname of his mac assumed the name of
> another computer on the network.
>
> This person would not have known how to change the name nor have any
> reason to do so.
>
> The only thing I can think of is something weird going on with DHCP,  
> but
> still...
>
> Any ideas? And sorry for the OT, but I know others on here use macs  
> too.
>
> Rob
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