alt Hacker NewsThere are no more acronyms. SLAAC means automatic client configuration. That's the only one you need.
> give up control of your home network.
What does that even mean? What do you gain by deciding your Apple TV should be at 192.168.0.3? With IPv6, you can just `ping appletv` and it works fine. What more "control" do you need?
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XorNot • last Saturday at 7:56 AM
I mean generally I want fixed IPs on my local network for robustness.
With IPv6 I actually want it more and it becomes possible since we can just use the MAC address as an IP address.
I have IPv6 service at my ISP right now but I'm hesitant to turn it on on my local network because it does make my firewalling concerns much more critical.
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> you can just `ping appletv` and it works fine.
How many service does it take to make this work?
mDNS is quite fragile.