sockets, gethostname() changing

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Thanks for the response.

On May 24, 9:24 pm, half.ital... at gmail.com wrote:
> I can't imagine why your hostname would be changing, unless you
> installed some of their proprietary software thats messing around with
> things.  

When I first started using Terminal, I noticed that the prompt in
Terminal changed when I was connected to the internet.

> What is the hostname set to in Sys Prefs->Sharing?  

My Name's Computer

> Try
> setting it there.  What are the before and after connection names you
> get?
>

If I add the line:

host = socket.gethostname()
print host   #<----------

and I'm not connected to the internet and I run the program, I get:

my-names-computer.local

When I'm connected to the internet, I get:

dialup-9.999.999.999.dial9.xxxxxxx.level9.net