Harry Poppins Posted December 12, 2005 Report Posted December 12, 2005 There's this peer named "DESKTOP" (that's the string listed as the peer's host name, letter for letter). It has no flag, and the peer's client is listed as "BitComet/0101". I'm using build 364. Any ideas why the weird host name?
Animorc Posted December 12, 2005 Report Posted December 12, 2005 It's a local hostname. Probably connected through the same ISP and to the same subnet.I've actually managed to download a few hundred kB from localhost
1c3d0g Posted December 12, 2005 Report Posted December 12, 2005 Heh, I once saw "Justin" as an IP. Pretty weird... :/
DreadWingKnight Posted December 12, 2005 Report Posted December 12, 2005 This has to do with reverse DNS lookups.Don't worry about it.
nightshifted Posted December 13, 2005 Report Posted December 13, 2005 "BitComet/0101" is what you'll see for BitLord if there's no special coding to identify BitLord.
splintax Posted December 14, 2005 Report Posted December 14, 2005 I've actually managed to download a few hundred kB from localhost o_O... how does that work?
chaosblade Posted December 17, 2005 Report Posted December 17, 2005 someone on the same ISP and subnet as he is, and his computer's name is localhost
1c3d0g Posted December 17, 2005 Report Posted December 17, 2005 Why would anybody want to name their PC like that, though?
Switeck Posted December 17, 2005 Report Posted December 17, 2005 Why would anybody want to name their PC like that, though? Because even experts doing traceroutes might wonder if something went wrong if they get that back as the 'destination'.
Animorc Posted December 17, 2005 Report Posted December 17, 2005 It was not a computer name though. The letters weren't in capitals.
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