On 11/08/2019 12.07, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 10/08/2019 20.06, James Knott wrote:
On 2019-08-10 12:56 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
No, the link local address (starts with fe80:) is basically useless.
It is not useless. IPv6 wouldn't work without it. However, it is not intended for users.
No, the last part at least is not true. My printer IPv6 part only responds on it. HP designed it to be used, till Firefox removed the support.
That devices respond on link-local addresses is no indication of what their intended use is. Appplications listening for clients usually don't care where they come from. I agree with James, 100%.
It does not respond on anything else on IPv6. It is either IPv4, or that lilnk-local addresses. On some IoT, the only available address for the initial configuration, is the link-local address. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)