Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand

Re:Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on dema... by petepete on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @12:48PM (#35630401)

No, but the vast majority of people who understand enough IPv4 to set up a home or small office network still don't understand IPv6.

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Re:Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on dema... by MayeulC on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:12PM (#35630688)

There's basically nothing toconfigure with IPv6.

With IPv4 you need an addres, a gateway, netmasks, DNS.

On v6, as long as you have a working router sending RADV packets, clients will self-configure via SLAAC. Granted, same with IPv4 and DHCP.

If you don't have a router, most things should work thanks to link-local+mDNS.

You can easily pop a second router on the network to bridge two LANs, no need to reconfigure the DHCP. Gateways self-advertise, etc.

The point I'm trying to make is that most people trying toconfigure their IPv4 network have a functional IPv6 network the moment they put the cables in (on Linuxes es at least, not sure about other platforms).

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