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<div>I think they have to start a new terminal session to see the updated hostname. And like I said, it seems that the name is being set in their NetBIOS Network preferences, but they didn’t set it themselves. Not even sure what NetBIOS really is.</div></span><div class="mailbox_signature">
<br>Jeffrey</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><p>On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Harry Moreno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:morenoh149@gmail.com" target="_blank">morenoh149@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">you mean they connect to noisebridge's wireless internet. Then they open a terminal and see what?<br></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Jeffrey Carl Faden <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeffreyatw@gmail.com">jeffreyatw@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<span><div>When some of my students connect to the Noisebridge network, their terminals echo a different computer name. One was “victor-pc” and another was “myshiot-pc”. It looks like their WINS NetBIOS name is being set (according to Network settings in OS X).</div>
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<div>Can anyone explain what’s going on here? Is this harmless?</div></span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>
<br>Jeffrey</div>
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