G T Smith wrote:
The earliest I remember talk about IPv6 was about 15 years ago, and mainly in the context of a solution to a shortage of address space with IPv4. When NAT became perceived as a basic solution to the latter problem interest waned, I suspect this is because those with existing and working networking infrastructures were a bit unwilling to replace them with something which (if it worked as expected) did much the same as they already had at a perceived considerable commitment of resources.
I suggest you read a good text on IPv6 to see just what it can do. It does many things far better than IPv4. Greater address range is just a small part of what it does. Also, IPv4 addresses are running out, even with RFC1918 NAT. Because U.S companies grabbed so many address blocks, much of the world, particularly Asia, is starving for address space. However, even reallocating some of those addresses will not solve the problem, as there are many, many devices that want an IP address, beyond just computers. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org