joshua sahala wrote:
There are many fundamental problems with the protocol that no amount of marketecture or hand-waving will fix; the least of which is a lack of end-users calling for a v6 address for their toaster/television/mechanical tie rack.
Funny, I don't seem to recall them asking for v4 space either.. infact, I don't even see them asking for ip connectivity, generally they just ask for "the intertubes !" "I just want my MSN to work" "I just need to get my latest car tracks downloaded from Sony on my PS3" "I just need to get my pr0n" Most of the arguments I've seen here are simply stupid (sorry to use a harsh word, it is so unlike me) - The ones I liked the best were along the lines of "who cares if/when v4 space is running out, we should do something about it NOW so we are prepared." Who here has thought anything about the year 2038 bug ? (and if you have.. how much further in the future is that ? are you concerned about what's going to happen 10 or less years down the road with v4 ?) v4 space _will_ run out - its a fact. when ? who knows, who cares ? how do we fix it ? well, hey, v6 would work, maybe it wont, maybe the solution will be economical (oh ! so you want ANOTHER /24 ? well, that will be $1893725863475634 for this months thanks !) personally, I'm happy running both and have done for the past two or so years, if v6 dies, well - so be it, but if it DOES take off, then I'm ready for it - are you ? PS: there are some ISPs in this country that are in a position to route v6 natively across their networks, they just lack resource to turn this into a real product, maybe helping these people could be a first step as well - i.e, want v6 transit, hut these people down, call them up and tell them you will switch if they offer you native v6 - soon enough they will allocate resource to make it a reality as they will be able to see there is support. Until this point, forget it. They have more important things to do that WILL bring them in revenue. -- Steve.
These issue must be addressed, either in IPv6 (not likely), or in IPng-NG :) </soapbox>
/joshua
ps - the 100-million number likely came from Alain Durand's presentation "Managing 100+ Million IP Addresses" (it says ~20-million customers + kit == 100-million)