Incorrect domain name in objective-c for mac machine

Question

I am trying to get the domain name of my macbook pro using following method.

NSString *name = [[NSHost currentHost] name];

It returns me the name like 'The-Special-MBP.local' but this is not consistent, It returns me some other string sometimes.

I am not getting why is this happening, the same function call returns two different values at different times.

Basically I need to indicate the different machines in network with some unique id or string hence I am reading the name from NSHost class but it gives different values for same machine.

Any help is appreciated.

Hussain Shabbir · Answer 1 · 2013-11-07T07:36:05.313

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It depends on your ethernet connection. Please you are connected in same network

edited Nov 07 '13 at 07:36

answered Nov 07 '13 at 06:52

Hussain Shabbir

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I am on Wifi.Which has single configured address – subhash Amale Nov 13 '13 at 08:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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If you want a unique id for your MAC, you may refer the following:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/5868967/1987246

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Nov 07 '13 at 06:55

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Incorrect domain name in objective-c for mac machine

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