29 Nov
2006
29 Nov
'06
1:35 a.m.
Most of the things removed from IPv6 were done to make the system more scalable. For example, there is no broadcast mechanism. So applications that rely on using broadcasts need to be re-written (to use multicast). Applications that rely on scanning IP blocks to detect things will need to be re-written, as each subnet is now impossibly large to scan. -----Original Message----- ... Excuse my ignorance, but what, exactly, can one do with v4 that can't be done with v6? Other than giving people relatively-easily-remembered addresses, that is :P