<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>I know that I can send a #DEVICENAME# (or something like that) to a services URL to tell the service my MAC address.<br><br>Two questions:<br><ul><li>is it the phone that intercepts that #DEVICENAME# and knows to send the MAC address as part of the service URL or is it the service itself which says "oh, i should look up the mac address"</li><li>are there any other variables I can use? I'm looking for a random string of sorts that will change with each request.</li></ul>The reason I need this is that if I use a static value, chances are things can break. Or at least not work well.<br><br><br>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>Cooking with unix is easy. You just sed it and forget it. <br> - LFJ (with apologies to Mr. Popeil)<br><br></div></body></html>