I hear waves crashing =) Let's all stop and give poor Dario time to read ;] Cheers Ecke
2010/6/21 Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]>: > "MAC" address means "Media Access Control" address. It has nothing > to do with Apple. > > Dan > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Dario Bonazza > <[email protected]> wrote: >> This is very OT, but since we have IT folks over here, I'm trying to ask. >> When trying to book an hotel in Germany, I asked for internet connection >> availability in their rooms. Their reply: >> "We have internet connection (wireless lan) in all rooms for free but >> therefore you have to fill out a sheet of paper with your mac-address and >> then we can activate you for using internet." >> Since I don't have a Mac, I have no clue what a Mac address is. However, I >> suspect they mean a IP address. Even so, I believe my internet wireless >> connection uses a dynamic IP and in case I have to setup a new connection >> they have to assign me and let me know an IP address... >> What would you expect to do with a Win XP laptop for getting such a >> "mac-address" wireless connection? >> >> Thanks a lot. >> >> Dario >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
