Drumming Up More Internet Addresses

[Jerry Feldman]

I don't know how many people would have non-IPV6 capable computers. Many
home routers do not yet support IPV6, but I think the transition will
take place over a few years.=20

On 02/14/2011 03:08 PM, Ethan Schwartz wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Who could have guessed that 4.3 billion Internet connections wouldn=92t=
 be
>> enough?
>>
>> Certainly not Vint Cerf.
>>
>> The next few years could get interesting.
>>
>
>
> 4.3 billion addresses... how many are being squatted on due to assignme=
nt of
> huge swaths to major organizations...
>
> I used CTRL-F to search for "routing" and "complex" ... nothing in ther=
e
> about just how difficult routing IPv6 addresses will be... what a night=
mare
> that will be...
>
> The average user has no idea how IP works... considering that the vast
> majority of home and commercial devices are behind some form of NAT I
> suspect that the initial transition is going to consist of enabling of =
NAT
> features on CTE devices like cable/DSL modems, routers, etc... the fire=
wall
> device will understand IPv6, and provide the inside devices with privat=
e
> IPv4 addresses that they already understand.
>
> I'm imaging a transition like that of analog to digital TV... people wh=
o are
> behind the times, so to speak, will receive a "converter box" which wil=
l
> provide NAT... the rest will be forced to potentially endure a reboot o=
r two
> on a few devices :)


--=20
Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB  CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846



_______________________________________________
Discuss mailing list
Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org
http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss