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I know that ipV6 is theoretically better for me, but I am not looking forward to the day that instead of 192.168.1.1, I have to type in fd42:caae:ee42:0001:0001

I know that ipV6 is theoretically better for me, but I am not looking forward to the day that instead of 192.168.1.1, I have to type in fd42:caae:ee42:0001:0001 with my phone keyboard. Is there any reason to think I won't need to occasionally type in full ip addresses after this switch?

ghshephard 11y ago
If you are using RFC4193, you can always use fd::1 for the "Easy to remember address". Lots of customers I've worked with also do things like: fd01:192:168:1::1 Kind of terrifying, actually.
krupan 11y ago
Um, DNS? Bookmarks? Why do you have to type IP addresses into your phone?
- Cantremeber 11y ago
  Two things I can see popping up: Router management pages internal network stuff in places small enough not to have internal dns (Where I work we have like five NASs all accessed by IP, at home I have a plex server in the same boat)
  - fragmede 11y ago
    > Router management pages For home use, many current generation router/AP boxes are powerful enough to run a local DNS server (in addition to DHCP) and often hardcode a DNS entry for configuration, eg http://router http://router > internal network stuff in places small enough The .local domain (ie http://hostname.local http://hostname.local) has been a functional out of the box for many years now on osx/linux and NetBIOS have worked on Windows since forever.
  - ghshephard 11y ago
    Router management is something very common - and you start to learn all the OUIs very quickly, and fe80::0213:50FF:FE12:3456 starts to get into your finger DNA. Eventually you start to learn all your devices by the last 24 bits of their MAC address, and that's all you need to remembers - the first part (fe80::0213:50FF:FE) is natural. In some ways, this is a big advantage of IPv6 over IPv4. You don't need those craptastic "Client Software" apps to configure the IP address (I'm looking at you Netgear), because every IPv6 device comes with it's only link-local IPv6 address, ready to go.

ghshephard 11y ago

If you are using RFC4193, you can always use fd::1 for the "Easy to remember address". Lots of customers I've worked with also do things like: fd01:192:168:1::1 Kind of terrifying, actually.

krupan 11y ago

Um, DNS? Bookmarks? Why do you have to type IP addresses into your phone?

Cantremeber 11y ago
Two things I can see popping up: Router management pages internal network stuff in places small enough not to have internal dns (Where I work we have like five NASs all accessed by IP, at home I have a plex server in the same boat)
- fragmede 11y ago
  > Router management pages For home use, many current generation router/AP boxes are powerful enough to run a local DNS server (in addition to DHCP) and often hardcode a DNS entry for configuration, eg http://router http://router > internal network stuff in places small enough The .local domain (ie http://hostname.local http://hostname.local) has been a functional out of the box for many years now on osx/linux and NetBIOS have worked on Windows since forever.
- ghshephard 11y ago
  Router management is something very common - and you start to learn all the OUIs very quickly, and fe80::0213:50FF:FE12:3456 starts to get into your finger DNA. Eventually you start to learn all your devices by the last 24 bits of their MAC address, and that's all you need to remembers - the first part (fe80::0213:50FF:FE) is natural. In some ways, this is a big advantage of IPv6 over IPv4. You don't need those craptastic "Client Software" apps to configure the IP address (I'm looking at you Netgear), because every IPv6 device comes with it's only link-local IPv6 address, ready to go.