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Then why do I still have to see the addresses? ... how would configuring DNS even work without having to see the addresses, and how would SSH'ing to a device

by mort96 3y ago

Then why do I still have to see the addresses? ... how would configuring DNS even work without having to see the addresses, and how would SSH'ing to a device on the LAN work without seeing the addresses

jodrellblank 3y ago
NetBIOS/WINS protocol could discover names -> IPs by broadcast, more modernly Zeroconf/Bonjour can do it, and if there's some organization then DHCP servers can register hostnames in DNS when handing out addresses.
- mort96 3y ago
  That requires every device to be given a LAN-unique name... ...which a local IP address is, conveniently