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RE: Ars Technica on IPv4 exhaustion


From: "Edward Arthurs" <earthurs () legacyinmate com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:32:28 -0700

You are correct, but this is the tip of the iceberg as other configurations will need to come into play as pointed out 
by several people on this thread.
This learning curve is not impossible, if the net admin really applies his/her self to learning it.

Thank You
-----Original Message-----
From: christopher.morrow () gmail com [mailto:christopher.morrow () gmail com] On Behalf Of Christopher Morrow
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 11:22 AM
To: Edward Arthurs
Cc: nanog list
Subject: Re: Ars Technica on IPv4 exhaustion

On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Edward Arthurs <earthurs () legacyinmate com> wrote:
The difference between IPV4 and IPV6 for someone not familiar is huge, 
1. There is a totally new format dotted decimal to colon.
2. The 32 bit to 128 bit is/or can be quite challenging for some net admins.

these seem like the smallest of v6 problems, actually... and I would bet:
  http://getipv6.info

would be helpful (eventually when small/mid-sized businesses start trying to transition)


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