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Reputation: 7271

Hostname Changed after eduroam install and setup

I just set up eduroam on my laptop and this morning when I fired up my terminal, I noticed that my hostname has been changed most probably by the eduroam set up to a new value. Any ideas why or how this happens?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 546

Answers (1)

Lars Kotthoff
Lars Kotthoff

Reputation: 109232

You're going to get a new hostname every time you join a new network (at least potentially). The hostname identifies the computer and is therefore assigned by the network that you connect to. This usually happens as part of DHCP, where you get an IP address and routing information.

This is perfectly normal and nothing to worry about. If you absolutely need a certain hostname, talk to the network administrators.

Upvotes: 1

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