Hi, In article <20180119151835.GA8374@alum>, David Wright<deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > I have one valuable use for IPv6 which is point-to-point connections. > I plug a CAT5 cable into the two ends and use predefined functions > to bulk-transfer files with scp. Why? > 1) I don't have to touch the IPv4 configuration, > 2) We can still watch TV; ie the router doesn't get swamped.
You should be able to do that with IPv4 too. If DHCP address allocation fails, then both devices should pick up a link-local IPv4 address (in the 169.254.x.x block). You can use this address to do whatever you need to do. Andy