[Gllug] ipv6

[Chris Bell]

On Thu 16 Oct, Peter Childs wrote:
> 

> 	IPv6 suffers from a few problems.
> 
> 1. Its non standard. I think I ought to be able to run it on an internal 
> office network. but I have not seen any easy simple instructions. Only 
> theory. (Ideally I would like to run LTSP on it) (We're already running IP 
> masquriade behind a single fixed IPv4 IP) 
> 
> 2. IPv6 machines can be gatwayed to IPv4 and can there for see the 
> internet. there is a way to turn an IPv4 ip in to an IPv6 one but not 
> back. Hense I can see you bit you can see me.
> 
> 3. Nobody likes change.
> 
> 4. nobody has any chance of remembering there number. so databases become 
> more important.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
   So nothing is likely to happen until either the US government or military
run out of IP addresses?

-- 
Chris Bell


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