Is this some Apple protocol or is it something to do with a MAC address? I have this option in my print server, and I can't figure out what it's for. The HELP isn't really helpful about this feature, and neither is google.
What's MAC Rendezvous?
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MAC is refering to "MAC Address" I think, not to MAC-intosh computers...
Originally Posted By: uc50ic4more
Could be this:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/bonjour.html
I think you're right. Looks like they renamed it to Bonjour (what's the deal with all these French words Apple is using?):
http://connect.educause.edu/blog/mpasiewicz/applesrendezvousavailable/841?time=1234152726
Anyway, since I'm a PC guy, I guess this feature is of no use to me.
Could be this:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/bonjour.html
I think you're right. Looks like they renamed it to Bonjour (what's the deal with all these French words Apple is using?):
http://connect.educause.edu/blog/mpasiewicz/applesrendezvousavailable/841?time=1234152726
Anyway, since I'm a PC guy, I guess this feature is of no use to me.
This is 2009, which computer weren't connected to something that doesn't have a DHCP server?
MAC address is the media access control address. The physical hardware address that your "port" or "adapter" has. That printed label on your router or network card that has 00-18-02-66-61-ce or whatever it is.
Normally you don't need to worry about it, it is for the network protocol to detect where to send things to and from. In some case, if you have a network connection that only accept one known adapter (i.e. Cable modem) then you have to spoof that address onto a router so that it can continue to communicate as something it "thinks" is the right device.
It is also useful to spoof this address if you want to access your neighbor's network if he blocks all but his own computers.
MAC address is the media access control address. The physical hardware address that your "port" or "adapter" has. That printed label on your router or network card that has 00-18-02-66-61-ce or whatever it is.
Normally you don't need to worry about it, it is for the network protocol to detect where to send things to and from. In some case, if you have a network connection that only accept one known adapter (i.e. Cable modem) then you have to spoof that address onto a router so that it can continue to communicate as something it "thinks" is the right device.
It is also useful to spoof this address if you want to access your neighbor's network if he blocks all but his own computers.
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Thanks Panda. I am well aware of what MAC address is. It's the MAC Rendezvous that I had trouble understanding.
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