Re: IPv6 daydreams

[Kevin Loch <kloch () hotnic net>]

Mark Smith wrote:
> We didn't
> get 48 bits because we needed them (although convenience is a need, if
> it wasn't we'd still be hand winding our car engines to start them ). We
> got them because it made doing other things much easier, such as (near)
> guarantees of world wide unique NIC addresses, allowing "plug-and-play",
> at least a decade before the term was invented.

This is not a scientific opinion but I think you can pick a random host
id from 32 bit space on most lans without having to retry very often.

- Kevin