My home router has had its own domain on the internal network for years, so no need for a public one. Sure, if you want to access it from *any* network you'd need to use a resolvable hostname OR a public IP, but for a lot of IoT devices you connect to a cloud service that is in communication with the devices on your home network -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains https://www.blacknight.com/ https://blacknight.blog/ Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Personal blog: https://michele.blog/ Some thoughts: https://ceo.hosting/ ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845 On 31/10/2018, 15:49, "At-Large on behalf of Johan Helsingius" <at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org on behalf of julf@julf.com> wrote: On 31-10-18 16:36, Carlos Raul Gutierrez wrote: > Just one simple to remember domain name (julf.garage) for your garage > door connection to your cloud Network of privatr IoT stuff, instead of > remembering the IPv6 of the damn door... Sure, but as long as I have .garage (or .julf, for garage.julf) only in my own internal name server, I don't need to own or register the domain in any way. Julf _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org