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On 9/2/11 6:31 AM, Michael Wallace wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:2df584b7$652e2471$404ae486$@com" type="cite"><span
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:
10pt;">I'm new over here. Been reading for a couple of weeks.<br>
</span></blockquote>
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Welcome.<br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:2df584b7$652e2471$404ae486$@com" type="cite"><span
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:
10pt;">
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The only issue I see with IP addresses is people not even making
an attempt to use IPv6. We have so many IP addresses in IPv6
that we should never run out. </span></blockquote>
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That's a myth.<br>
<br>
The myth is that there's more IPv6 addresses than there are grains
of sand on every beach in the world. And while that's true, you'll
find that even if you put 100 hosts on every IPv6 subnet (which is
entirely unlikely) and use all of the space that isn't otherwise
reserved, you only have as many hosts supported as there are grains
of sand on a single small beach. Which isn't nearly enough to "never
run out".<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:2df584b7$652e2471$404ae486$@com" type="cite"><span
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:
10pt;">The only major issue is ISP's are not really dealing with
IPv6.</span></blockquote>
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Some are, some aren't.<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:2df584b7$652e2471$404ae486$@com" type="cite"><span
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:
10pt;"> I tried to make a pretty big push to use IPv6 but
failed doing so. Only because I'm getting push back from my
upstream providers (Ill leave them unnamed). <br>
</span></blockquote>
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Don't leave them unnamed. The best way to "push to use IPv6" is to
name who isn't making it possible.<br>
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Matthew Kaufman<br>
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