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Running out of IPV4 Adresses
boxer4:
would like to add:
All p2p users should be pro-ipv6.
The current solution to share ip addresses is limited - with nat, p2p breaks if few or nobody has an ip address that can listen on user defined ports.
Else there would be no way to connect to each other...
Pentium100:
I'm a P2P user and I'll wait until others jump to v6 before I do. Then I'll be able to do it easier (also, how do I get IPv6 on an old computer with Windows 98 or NT4? xp and 2003 support it so here it shouldn't be a problem).
sanguis:
IPv4 = 2^32 = 4,294,967,296
IPv6 = 2^128 = 340,282,366,920,938,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
So a lot more connections; there's talk of giving individual light-bulbs IP addresses so they can all be controlled by your brand new Smart Home Computer.
tomoya-kun:
Wow, my ISP doesn't even support IPV6 fully.
sdedalus83:
--- Quote from: sanguis on October 23, 2010, 03:39:29 AM ---So a lot more connections; there's talk of giving individual light-bulbs IP addresses so they can all be controlled by your brand new Smart Home Computer.
--- End quote ---
Unless you need your light bulb to directly connect to the internet, even IPv4 is beyond overkill for this kind of purpose.
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