Jeroen Massar wrote:
John Stracke wrote:
Jeroen Massar wrote:
Ad-hoc networks are another similar case, where two machines
are connected via ad-hoc wireless, bluetooth, firewire,
or similar.
In any other way do you like remembering and typing over 128bit
addresses?? :)
:: is your friend. If you're building an ad hoc, point-to-point
network, you can pick convenient addresses.
:: as in all 0's which corresponds to 'not bound'?
No, as in a string of 0s. If you set up your own isolated network, you
can make one host be 1::1 and the other 1::2.
Most OS's require a (unique) hostname to be entered/automatically
generated on install
False.
And is there any reasoned argument instead of the simple 'false'?
It seems pretty obvious: no OS can require a unique hostname at install
time, because it has no way of checking uniqueness. The Unices I've
installed (various versions of Solaris and Linux), even if they prompt
for a hostname, will accept the default of "localhost.localdomain". In
addition, many, many machines (especially those bought preinstalled) are
installed from standardized images, and have standardized hostnames.
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