Re:IPv6 Is Hard
by amaccuish on Sunday February 16, 2025 @02:08PM
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My resolved in its default configuration will try appending .local and search via mDNS if no results are found via the DHCP provided server. I believe macOS does the same.
Ping foo on my machine results in foo.local being successfully pinged. Your mileage may vary.
> would potentially use mDNS if you have a ping that does such a thing
It's not a feature of ping, it's a feature of the name resolution setup on your machine (nsswitch and/or resolved on Linux).
> Rather, most routers add DHCP hostname requests to the local DNS routes
Ping foo on my machine results in foo.local being successfully pinged. Your mileage may vary.
> would potentially use mDNS if you have a ping that does such a thing
It's not a feature of ping, it's a feature of the name resolution setup on your machine (nsswitch and/or resolved on Linux).
> Rather, most routers add DHCP hostname requests to the local DNS routes
What do you mean?