Re:Why is IPv6 so complicated?
by 9dev on Saturday April 18, 2026 @06:18AM
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At the home level, you have a home router that can do mDNS out of the box. All devices are reachable by their hostname.
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A router which can be switched off sometimes, or break and delay replacement.
I don't want all my IoT devices going down because they can't resolve hostnames - that's why I set fixed IP addresses for them. It means how they communicate with each other and my network is well-defined, and works provided they have Layer 2 (easy to keep up - it works provided any 1 AP is online, whereas my internet or the router providing it can vanish).