On 08/14/2019 05:53 AM, James Knott wrote:
Bottom line, why bother with this, when the proper solution is to move to IPv6. On top of this, is the problems caused by all the hacks to get around the shortage. We have NAT which causes problems, so we have STUN servers, so that VoIP and games can work through NAT, etc. If people would put as much effort into moving to IPv6 as is done with creating hacks and work arounds to the IPv4 address shortage, we'd have done the job years ago.
Sigh... IPv4 just works. IPv6 does not. You may recall that I tried to get it working here at home a couple of years ago with my Zyxel router. Tried and failed. My problem was (I think) that my ISP was dispensing only /64 addresses. I've got three subnets for which I want to maintain to separation: WiFi and IOT from desktops. This is easy to set up with IPv4, not so with a /64 IPv6 address. But, I do have a new Zyxel now and may be inclined to try it again, not because I have to or to make the Internet a better place, but out of curiosity. Perhaps my ISP is doing better now too? Wolfgang Prediction: IPv4 will never go away. It will co-exist with IPv6 and its successors until the end of time. Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org