On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 11:47:19PM +1200, Craig Whitmore wrote: When do people think we (the Internet) will run out of IPv4 addresses and people will be forced to move over and use IPv6? Or will people use the IPv4 addresses in a much more conservative way? They might run out... but that doesn't mean IPv6 will take over :) Do you think it will really take off in the near future? Its gaining momentum every day. I first connected to the 6bone in '96, there were about 30 or 40 sites then, now there are hundreds with probably thousands of hosts down-stream. Has there really been a standardized IPV6 Format yet? You mean like EUI64? By format what do you mean? Has anyone actually used it in a production enviornment? There are people selling IPv6 connectivity in .au somewhere I think, so I guess this counts. Should I "Apply" for some IPv6 addreeses now or will there be plenty of time to implement it? Right now, only 15% or so of the theoretical space has been mapped out, and the way it is allocated is fairly conservative. I wouldn't rush out just yet, unless you really need it. See rfc2928 (I think) for more details on this. IPv6 doesn't really solve many problems for most people yet, so its deplyment is rather limited. Microsoft are now on-board and that could help enourmously (upgrading bits in the middle is often easier than at the edge). Solaris, Linux and *BSD all have pretty reasonable IPv6 support. Patches exists for practically every other OS that counts. --cw --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog