Seriously, my knowledge ends with:

  • It offers a shitload of IP addresses
  • They look really complicated
  • Something about every device in your local network being visible from everywhere?
  • Some claim it obsoletes NAT?

I get that it’s probably too complicated a subject for an ELI5, so if there are good videos or resources explaining it in less than half an hour, feel free to share.

  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I wonder if default gateway might work. Because at least in an IPv4 network, if you go to like your settings and look at the network information, the default gateway is your router’s IP address. I’m thinking like the Wi-Fi settings in the Android system, for example.

    • Mîm@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      Yes, if you get a standard gateway defined, either through a DHCP server (pretty much all consumer router should have one running by default too) or SLAAC, you should be able to look it up through the settings in the GUI, too.

      You’re welcome. I’m no big expert myself, but I’d say that most things aren’t so different from v4, once you understand how v6 addresses work and are configured (and that there is no broadcast address anymore).