On Aug 2, 2011, at 9:52 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > In message > <cajvb4tnps4csjsf37sc4a4mqox0uuwkvpniecofqalxowk+...@mail.gmail.com> > , Blake Dunlap writes: >> Or, alternately, don't care what your printer's ridiculously long IPv6 IP is >> at this moment, (ULA/GUA/assigned: it really doesn't matter) and use mdns >> like normal people. Otherwise we're ignoring the forest for the trees, I >> don't expect to try to explain to my grandma how to type in >> 2001:45ea:344b:dead:beef::27 and/or remember it, when "printer1" will do. >> >> This just makes me think of this: http://bash.org/?14258 >> >> If we need a way to mdns to work across subnet boundries in a single >> administrative domain, so be it. If we need a better mdns, lets make that >> too, but we *really* need to get away from direct IPs in general. > > You are totally missing the point which is that the printer has a > *routable* address when the home, with possibly multiple subnets, > is disconnected or has never connected to the global network. > > link-locals are insufficient for a routed home. >
I get that and I have that with GUA without resorting to ULA. Owen
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