Comment on Phones have unique phone numbers, why dont computers have unique computer-numbers?

dhork@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• 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.

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  • 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.

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    • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In that case it is the IEEE who allocate Mac’s to orgs

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• whostosay@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Without unique number assignment, the Internet would not function

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• jeffhykin@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Uh, then how do phone numbers work?

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  • 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.

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