On 04/21/2016 04:40 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Yes, but besides learning, I do not see an advantage with Ipv6. Well, perhaps one: maybe it is a fixed IP, and in that case, I can use that one easily to tell some friends how to connect to one of my computers.
Well, you get lots of addresses. I have a /56 prefix, which is 2^72 addresses or about a trillion times the entire IPv4 address space. There are also many sites around the world that are IPv6 only, as there aren't any IPv4 addresses available for them. There are also a lot of technical changes that make it better. While the average user might not notice them, they improve performance. One example is the fixed length headers & extension headers, instead of the variable length headers in IPv4. This makes the router's job easier. There are many more, where the designer looked at what worked well and what didn't in IPv4. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org