Synopsis:
How to register your computer in the Host Database: How to Add, Change, Alter or Delete your Entry

Solution:
First find your Ethernet address using the instructions at: http://www.net.princeton.edu/enetAddress.howto.html

In order to change the Host Database entry in any way, you must be listed as the Technical Contact for that Entry. To find out whether or not you are listed as the Technical Contact, see: http://www.princeton.edu/register

From there, click on Viewing the Host Database. Entries may be located by searching on one of several fields listed there. Locate a field you believe you know, enter a value in that field, then click the "Lookup" button to that right of that field. To find out whether or not you are listed as a Technical Contact, enter your netID into the Technical Contact field. The entry will list a lot of useful information which will help you to change your entry. Make sure that you copy down all of the information or print out a copy of this page.

TO CHANGE DORMNET ENTRIES
First find your Ethernet address using the instructions at:
http://www.net.princeton.edu/enetAddress.howto.html

For any Princeton University student who lives in a Dorm on campus, click on Making Changes for Dormnet Subscriptions. Then click on Change a Dormnet Entry. You will be prompted for your University netID and password. (You are only prompted the first time you use the Host Database from this Web browser session, so when you are done, be sure to quit from the Web browser!) Enter your netID and password. To successfully change a particular entry in the Host Database, your netID and password must be valid, and the netID must match the Technical Contact presently listed for that Dormnet subscription.

Select the field that you would like to be changed and enter the new information in that field. Once you have changed the entry, make sure that you click on Submit to Hostmaster to enable these changes.

TO CHANGE ALL OTHER ENTRIES, EXCEPT DORMNET
For any Princeton University member not eligible for Dormnet, click on Making Changes For all Entries except Dormnet Subscriptions. Then click on Change an Entry in the Host Database. This form will allow you to change an entry that is already in the Host Database. (Except for Dormnet entries.) You must then enter the Entry name (which is the name of the computer) and make sure that the domain is "Princeton.edu" (unless you are positive that it is different domain). Once you've specified the entry you would like to change, click the Change Entry button.

Assuming the entry you specified exists, you will be prompted for a name and password. (You are only prompted the first time you use the Host Database from this Web browser session, so when you are done, be sure to quit from the Web browser!) Enter your netID and password. To successfully change a particular entry in the Host Database, your netID and password must be valid, and the netID must match one of the Technical Contacts presently listed for that Host Database entry. Select the field that you would like to be changed and enter the new information in that field.

Once you have changed the entry, make sure that you click on Submit to Hostmaster to enable these changes.