On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 22:05:40 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
I said that most new devices come from factory with that address, till you change it. That has been the procedure for many years.
Your experience differs from mine then. Most devices (all, IIRC) that I attach to my network get an IP4 address by sending a DHCP request which is answered by my router. I can then discover what address has been assigned by looking at the router's web page, and change it or assign it a static address if I desire. I believe some of the recent IoT devices can also be told to configure themselves to present a wireless AP, which you then connect to with a phone or whatever and tell it about your local environment. You then reboot it and it connects to your network. I haven't ever come across any device that comes up with a fixed address, except for routers which always do IME, and usually but not always as 192.168.1.1. The Fritz!Box comes up as 192.168.178.1 initially, for example. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org