Re: IPv4 v IPv6
Gene Heskett wrote:
> But that opens yet another container of worms. If I arbitrarily assign
> ipv6 local addresses, and later, ipv6 shows up at my side of the router,
> what if I have an address clash with someone on a satellite circuit in
> Ulan Bator. How is that resolved, by unroutable address blocks such as
> 192.168.xx.xx is now?
In addition to the points made by others, the IPv6 address space is so
large that were you to assign a random IPv6 address to every computer in
existence (including all the embedded systems) the probability of a
collision would be negligible.
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John Hasler
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
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