Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] how to identify a machine by its number?
From: patrick finerty (zinc@zifi.genetics.utah.edu)
Date: Sun Dec 07 1997 - 22:20:31 EST
even though the exact address is not constant, it appears that at
least the first number is associated with the zone of the machine (all
of the machines in my zone start with the same number).
On December 7, 1997, Ashok Aiyar wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, patrick finerty wrote:
>
> > i posted this once and received no replies. there must be a way to
> > associate the number with a machine name. how do i do it?
>
> There is no "fail-safe" method of identifying the machine. You
> can use nbplkup, and if the offending machine is still online,
> *and* has the same ethertalk-id, you will have achieved your goal.
>
> Ethertalk-IDs are not constant from session to session, it is possible
> you will identify the wrong machine.
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