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How many non-tech grandparents have ever needed an IP address? I don't think I've needed one, other than 8.8.8.8, in 5 years.
by CJefferson 3y ago
How many non-tech grandparents have ever needed an IP address? I don't think I've needed one, other than 8.8.8.8, in 5 years.
- macleginn 3y ago10.0.0.1 happens to be quite useful from time to time.
- sbarre 3y agoFor your grandparents?
- macleginn 3y agoOne situation a grandparent can find themselves in: they connect to a free wi-fi network that should show you a welcome screen, where you agree to something, before actually turning on the internet. Quite often this welcome screen fails to appear on at least some devices. A very useful workaround is to open a browser and go to 10.0.0.1; the agree-and-join page is quite likely to appear then.
- kalleboo 3y agoI've used a lot of crappy free wifi, all around the world, and never one that http://neverssl.com http://neverssl.com didn't work on
- JohnFen 3y agoIsn't it time to stop using "grandparents" as a stand-in for "naive user"? I know a lot of grandparents who are more tech-savvy than their grandchildren.
- threesevenths 3y agoFor me it's mostly been IoT type devices where you need to join the network of the device, and if I am lucky, it will have a captive portal to setup the device. This could still be V4 for the foreseeable future, however I see this as a problem in any level of communication. Just time yourself saying a full IPv4 address vs an IPv6 one, without a block of zeros, it's significantly longer and more error prone. Your example of 8.8.8.8 is itself designed to be easy to communicate and enter, same with 1.1.1.1 and 9.9.9.9, etc. They exist because communicating an ISPs DNS server or a standard IPv4 address can be hard sometimes.