Hi. On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 08:32:38AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 28 May 2019 01:49:29 am Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 05:06:24PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Monday 27 May 2019 03:19:44 pm Reco wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 02:09:45PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > On Monday 27 May 2019 08:58:14 am rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > > On Monday, May 27, 2019 12:41:36 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > > On Sunday 26 May 2019 10:09:49 pm Andy Smith wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > <nothing quoted from Andy Smith, just left there as a > > > > > > reference to "you", below> > > > > > > > > > > > > > You are determined to exterminate any and all users of a > > > > > > > hosts file, staticly defined network. Its ideal for small > > > > > > > home networks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hmm, that's interesting -- is there an analog to or > > > > > > replacement for the hosts file on ipv6? > > > > > > > > > > According to the default comments in that file, yes. But easy to > > > > > read and understand docs on how to actually do it are somewhat > > > > > hidden on the machine or on the net. > > > > > > > > hosts(5). You'll probably need a text editor too. > > > > > > Thats fine, shows the loop local stuff, but how does one determine > > > the ipv6 address for picnc.coyote.den for instance. > > > > In another news, it also does not show how to 'determine' IPv4 address > > of the host. Yet you manage to do it somehow. > > Thats a piece of cake Reco. On a new install, set both the hostname and > the domainname, then add them, with the ipv4 net address into the hosts > file.
I see nothing that can stop you from doing the same for IPv6. Whatever resolver configuration (and assorted kludges) you describe later are hardly relevant here. > The only dhcp in the system is in the router, getting its > outside address from my ISP.s server. So all your LAN IPv4s are statically assigned. Again, nobody forbids you to do the same static assignment for IPv6. > But if I leave the radio on, I've a neighbor whose > phone will use it in a heartbeat regardless, and used 80GB of my net > bandwidth according to my phone bill 2 years ago. An admirable generosity on your part, running WiFi AP without any encryption. Reco
