In message <alpine.LSU.2.00.1512211716240.959@hermes-2.csi.cam.ac.uk>, Tony Fin ch writes:
Alan Buxey <A.L.M.Buxey@lboro.ac.uk> wrote:
Most people don't need the devices to talk to each other
A lot of home networking uses mDNS - partitioning off devices will break things like printing and chromecast and using your phone as a remote control for your media players, etc. ad nauseam.
But with a little help from the router it still works.
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