MAC here probably refers to Media Access Control. Every device on the web gets a Media Access Control number. Its usually four sets of up to three numbers per set, separated by periods...
MAC as used here, has nothing to do with Macintosh. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > In the list of devices connected to my router and assigned IP > addresses, everything shows up as I would expect, except a G4 MDD > (10.4.11) and an 800 MHz G4 ILamp (10.2.8). > > For those two machines the router displays something like unknown_<MAC > address> without the <> for the Device Name. > > I tried entering the machine names into the optional DHCP name box > (forgot exactly what it's called) in the System Prefs/Networking/ > Ethernet/DHCP window, but that had no effect, other than, when I > clicked "Apply Now" it caused the computer to release its current IP > and obtain a new one. > > My old System 9.1 machine shows up in the router list under its > machine name, even. It's just these two OSX Macs that don't. > > Now that I'm at work and where I can test it, the only thing I can > think of is that the two Macs in question have space characters in > their machine names. Do routers reject machine names if they have > spaces in them, or is something else going on here? If the latter, > what? Is there some way to get the machine name to show up under > Device Name on the router, instead of the MAC address? > > The router in question is one of AT&T's HGV3600 modem/router > gateways. I just switched to U-verse. On May 23, 2012, at 11:25 AM, [email protected] wrote: > In the list of devices connected to my router and assigned IP > addresses, everything shows up as I would expect, except a G4 MDD > (10.4.11) and an 800 MHz G4 ILamp (10.2.8). > > For those two machines the router displays something like unknown_<MAC > address> without the <> for the Device Name. > > I tried entering the machine names into the optional DHCP name box > (forgot exactly what it's called) in the System Prefs/Networking/ > Ethernet/DHCP window, but that had no effect, other than, when I > clicked "Apply Now" it caused the computer to release its current IP > and obtain a new one. > > My old System 9.1 machine shows up in the router list under its > machine name, even. It's just these two OSX Macs that don't. > > Now that I'm at work and where I can test it, the only thing I can > think of is that the two Macs in question have space characters in > their machine names. Do routers reject machine names if they have > spaces in them, or is something else going on here? If the latter, > what? Is there some way to get the machine name to show up under > Device Name on the router, instead of the MAC address? > > The router in question is one of AT&T's HGV3600 modem/router > gateways. I just switched to U-verse. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
