Matthew Poole wrote:
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
Maybe I've got this wrong, if so my apologies and I'd be happy to be corrected. I've understood that if I only have a v6 IP address: *. my web site would only be visible to others with v6 addresses (rather defeating the point) *. I would only get mail on my mail server from others with v6 addresses (which I think may limit the amount of mail I get) *. P2P apps would only work with others who have v6 addresses (so no webcam/skype/SIP with the family for Christmas) *. I think I'd have some problems with the DNS as not all servers will respond to v6 queries (I suspect this is minor and could be easily solved) In other words I could not play properly with the v4 internet. Again if I have it right I could establish sessions to v4 addresses in the same way as I can using NAT from my RFC1918 address so web browsing, mail delivery and so forth would be fine. -- Robert Gray bob(a)brockhurst.co.nz