Post #3681929
2026-07-01 04:18 UTC
Dns doesn’t always work, and seeing if you can connect via IP is often a troubleshooting step
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@mholiv@lemmy.world 2026-07-01 06:25
True. But pinging IPs directly should only be done as a debug step when dns / mdns does not work. Aka extremely rarely.This all being said mdns is extremely reliable on lan. It’s literally just multicast dns on lan. On my personal home network I have never had mdns fail in 5-ish years. FQDNs yah. DNS can break. But mdns has been solid.