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Does a gateway provide non IP address based access using a hostname?

Does a gateway provide non IP address based access using a hostname?

2017-07-22
Q

Does a gateway provide non IP address based access using a hostname?

A

Any gateway provides a hostname using the UPnP services it can be identified with.

The hostname consist of a string of 14 characters in total. It starts with the two letters "NT" followed by a MAC address printed on the gateway's label. This makes the gateways' hostnames unqiue.

Example:

The label provides a MAC address of : 0002A233E569

The resulting Hostname is: NT0002A233E569

Knowing the hostname you can access this gateway without knowing its IP address: https://NT0002A233E569

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