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Posted 20 November 2014 - 08:55 PM
All peripherals when being used should be assigned a unique numeric (or even better char+int string) ID that will always refer to that device. (Much like computers being assigned IDs, this allows distingushing peripherals by ID.
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Posted 20 November 2014 - 09:14 PM
This is already done when peripherals are connected via wired networks.
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Tasmania (AU)
Posted 20 November 2014 - 11:36 PM
'cept for the "always" bit - network IDs can change.
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Australia
Posted 21 November 2014 - 12:36 AM
only if you break the modem.
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Seattle, WA
Posted 21 November 2014 - 04:50 AM
Then I mean, in all cases, and that's not forever. That's untill someone removes a modem, or uses one. I mean, next to the computer much like hardware IDs.