[Noisebridge-discuss] [Rack] Some computers have different computer names on Noisebridge network

[Alex Buie]

http://excitedcuriosity.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/mac-os-x-hostname-determination/

It sounds like the DHCP server may be handing out hostnames for the
machines that used to be at that address at one point, and the macs
are renaming themselves as such due to the default apple config.


I ran into this a lot in the dorms at school where there was
replication delay between the DHCP and DNS server, so macs would
rename themselves to whatever the name of the last PTR entry for that
IP was (before dhcp had time to update dns)

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 1:00 AM, Jeffrey Carl Faden
<jeffreyatw at gmail.com> wrote:
> (Moving this conversation back on list.)
>
> 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.
>
> Jeffrey
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Harry Moreno <morenoh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> you mean they connect to noisebridge's wireless internet. Then they open a
>> terminal and see what?
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Jeffrey Carl Faden <jeffreyatw at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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).
>>>
>>> Can anyone explain what’s going on here? Is this harmless?
>>>
>>> Jeffrey
>>>
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