Re: IPv4 v IPv6
On Wed 19 Jun 2019 at 04:23:15 (+1200), Richard Hector wrote:
> On 19/06/19 4:12 AM, David Wright wrote:
> > On Mon 17 Jun 2019 at 10:38:27 (-0400), 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?
> >
> > Seems a good reason not to bother setting up ipv6 local addresses
> > until we (you and I) understand it and ever see ipv6 on this side
> > of the modem. I'm not holding my breath.
>
> If you never try setting it up, when do you expect to understand it? And
> I see IPv6 on my side of the modem; I suspect many others do too. I
> expect you'll get it sooner or later.
What's more relevant to me is not when IPv6 is made availble to me, but
when IPv4 is withdrawn. Until then, I have IPv6 disabled in the router.
It really comes down to the cost/benefit ratio. Currently the benefit
is almost zero, so any cost makes the ratio almost infinite.
Lastly, what do you understand by the word "understand"? I wouldn't
claim to understand much of IPv4 as I've no need to. Judging by your
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/06/msg00554.html
you're doing far more sophisticated things than I ever expect to do.
I trust that by the time I might need IPv4, there'll be plenty of
HOWTOs floating around for simple setups.
Cheers,
David.
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