Bryan J. Smith wrote:
Most IPv6 nodes also have a IPv4 address.
Really? I wasn't aware of that. I though it worked the other way round.
Huh? _Every_ Linux distribution that enables IPv6 by default _also_ has the system come up with a IPv4 address.
What I meant was - I though every IPv4 address could be expressed as an IPv6 address, but not vice-versa.
So, if I were to get an IPv6 range from my provider
First off, you need to go research how IPv6 works. You _can_ use IPv6 _internally_, and then NAT/PAT IPv6 to IPv4 for the Internet.
I understand that. You could benefit from being a little less condescending.
If you are interconnecting enterprises, IPv6 typically _eliminates_ the requirement for 1:1 IPv4 NAT.
Who's talking about "interconnecting enterprises"???
(there are some providers here that offer it),
Why are you talking "providers"? I'm _not_ talking about "providers"!
So? You talk about "interconnecting enterprises" even though I'm not.
Anytime someone like myself talks of IPv6, _why_ do people think the Internet?
Why shouldn't they? To me, using it internally is not particularly attractive for the time being.
Would people on plain IPv4 networks have access to e.g. my mail-server on IPv6 or would I need to provide some sort of gateway?
IPv4 maps into IPv6 and IPv6 maps into IPv4. Again, _read_ up on IPv6 -- don't assume and spread FUD.
Please, Bryan - I'm not spreading anything. And do also please adjust your tone - it _really_ does you no good.
Currently, I occasionally see AAAA records returned for some Swiss hosts - these I don't have access to without a IPv6-4 tunnel or something. (fortunately, they also have IPv4 addresses).
We *ARE* using IPv6 in the US at Fortune 100 companies, as well as organizations that connect to them. Even if only the Internet2 is IPv6 publicly, IPv6 is very, very _common_ in the US.
Why are you now talking about the US? I never spoke about the US - it is in fact utterly irrelevant to me. /Per Jessen, Zürich