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Tailscale, perhaps ironically in this context, has shown me the value of not caring about an IP address. I used to. When I had a home network I'd carefully ass
by jen729w 6mo ago
Tailscale, perhaps ironically in this context, has shown me the value of not caring about an IP address.
I used to. When I had a home network I'd carefully assign `10.52.1.x` where `x` was the periodic number corresponding to the machine name! (I write from `lutetium`.)
Now, with Tailscale's magic DNS – `lutetium` being all I need – why on Earth would I give a crap about an IP address? I've gone from being obsessed to truly not caring at all.
So, give me IPv6. Auto-assign everything! All I want is a name.
- justsomehnguy 6mo agoIt's akin to remembering the phone numbers. Even 20 years ago I had like 10-20 of most important ones memorized despite some of them not used often ie once in a years. Nowadays I have 'me myself' in the Contacts because I can't remember it despite using it for 5+ years nor I care.
- kstrauser 6mo agoHah, I kinda love your naming and numbering convention! But yeah. On my own LAN, everything is DHCP for IPv4 and SLAAC for v6. Everything uses mDNS and I connect to everything by name, not address. I can only remember the static IP of one of the servers; the rest are purely names.