Comment on Phones have unique phone numbers, why dont computers have unique computer-numbers?
IHateReddit@lemmy.world 1 month agoThey can share the same router and therefore have the same public IP.
Comment on Phones have unique phone numbers, why dont computers have unique computer-numbers?
IHateReddit@lemmy.world 1 month agoThey can share the same router and therefore have the same public IP.
JesterIzDead@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Yes, but no. The public IP is that of the router, which NATs packets to each host, each of which must have a unique private IP. The public IP does not reference or identity hosts behind the router.
lemmyng@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
A phone number does not uniquely identify a phone either.