In , Jolly Roger suggested:

"Derrr... How can I find a device on my own network without a static IP
address?" : D

The difference between you and nospam is that nospam *purposefully*
misunderstood everything stated in the linux thread you speak of.

That's because he's actually intelligent but he's just not used to dealing
with people off the iOS newsgroups who actually can handle detail.

In your case, it's not on purpose.