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>The addresses aren't particularly human-memorable though. IP addresses are? What is Facebook's IP? Googles? I have no idea because.... why on earth would I
by danssig 16y ago
>The addresses aren't particularly human-memorable though.
IP addresses are? What is Facebook's IP? Googles? I have no idea because.... why on earth would I care?
- retroafroman 16y agoIn my experience, it is helpful to be able to remember IP addresses instead of just urls. Not a dealbreaker, but useful in some cases. Example - I set up a VPS server as a testbed/development server/socks proxy, but didn't bother to register a domain with it. It would suck to look it up the long IPv6 address the whenever I connect to it on a new device, or try to show it to someone else. The ten digit IPv4 address is fairly easy to memorize in comparison.
- vacri 16y agoI don't care about those two either. But when administrating my office computers internally and externally, I find it helpful. Likewise when I'm working on a device that is underpowered to the point where it has to use IP addresses because it can't handle DNS, I need IP addresses. When I want to use my friend's servers for network testing, I prefer to use IP addresses rather than names. Names introduce an extra layer of complexity that makes troubleshooting more difficult at times. The world exists beyond facebook and google. You may not care about that, but I do.
- danssig 16y agoI worked in Network Engineering for years. You will absorb the new unmemorable IP6 addresses the same way you absorbed the unmemorable IP4 ones. Plus you potentially have the added benefit of having the MAC right there in the IP so you don't have to do any extra effort to figure out what it is.