"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.
