MAC addresses actually have nothing to do with Mac's (although all Mac's with an Ethernet port have one). The Media Access Control address is the ethernet controller's address and is unique to your computer. Since current WiFi tech is based off of Ethernet, your wireless adapter will have a MAC address (which may be shared with the ethernet port or unique to the wifi controller).
-Adam 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
