Without unique number assignment, the Internet would not function
Comment on Phones have unique phone numbers, why dont computers have unique computer-numbers?
dhork@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Who is gonna assign it? There is no one central authority who decides who gets a computer number or not.
whostosay@lemmy.world 7 months ago
jeffhykin@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Uh, then how do phone numbers work?
dhork@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Because phone numbers and domain named are managed by network operators, not manufacturers. A phone doesn’t ship from the factory with a phone number, it gets assigned by the mobile operator based on the subscriber’s number. Same with domain names, computers aren’t shipped with them, they get assigned later.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 months ago
There kinda is IANA . They assign addresses to regional registraties like RIPE, APNIC, LANIC who in turn assign addresses to ISPs and large corporations.
dhork@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They assign ip addresses, they don’t assign hardware addresses. The closest thing to a hardware address is a MAC address.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 months ago
In that case it is the IEEE who allocate Mac’s to orgs