On 11/08/2019 21.01, James Knott wrote:
On 2019-08-11 02:54 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Ok, so now I have to know the MAC address of the new device. Will that automatically given v6 address stay fixed, so that I can map names to addresses in my /etc/hosts file?
How do you find the link local address, if you don't use one of the methods I described?
Printed in the label. And you have not said if the automatically given IPv6 address will stay fixed.
How do you know an IPv4 address, if you didn't configure it?
Comes printed in the documentation.
You try different tests to see what's out there. If you know an IPv4 address, do you automatically know the host name? No you don't. You try something like the host command or check your DNS/DHCP server.
1) I configure the device on a fixed IPv4 address of my choice. Done that for years. The device documentation explains the procedure, too. 2) I write that and a name in my DNS server. 3) Done. Stays that way for ever.
Geez Carlos, what in the hell is wrong with you today??? Why do you keep trying to create problems where there are none???
I don't see it that way, but you trying to convince me of impossible things. :-/ Most of what you say is absurd. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)