Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1837 mails)

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 21:43 -0400, James Knott wrote:
> Per Jessen wrote:
> > > IPv6 is simply a better and faster network protocol, it solves a
> > > >  variety of problems [mobility, multicast, routing-table bloat, NAT].
> > For the end-user, it solves ... let me see ... uh, nothing.:-(
> One feature that users might appreciate is mobility.  For example, I 
> have a Nexus One smart phone.  It can get it's internet access via 3G 
> connection to my cell phone carrier, but if it's within range of a WiFi 
> network that it's configured for, it will switch to that.  So, if I'm 
> doing something, such as voice over IP, while walking up to my home, 
> I'll be going through my cell carrier.  However, as soon as I'm within 
> range of my home WiFi, the phone will switch connections and kill my 
> VoIP call.  With IPv6 mobility, that won't happen.

Amazing isn't it.  It just works!

And multicast actually works too.

People will dismiss these as fringe things somehow not applicable to
[mythical] joe-sixpack-user.  Until they experience them.

>   Also, the day is not 
> far off, when people might want to access appliances or home computers 
> from elsewhere. 
>  It's easier with an IPv6 address than using a VPN and 
> worrying about whether NAT address ranges will clash. 

+1, heck, +10,000!  This is such a @*&!^$&*@*& pain.  At an organization
of any size this happens all-the-time.

>  I experienced 
> that one, while staying at a hotel that used the same address range as I 
> did at home.

Yep, another reason NAT is crap.

>  IPv6 also will result in faster routing, so they might 
> notice that too.

+1


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