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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
It's about as relevant as IPv6 is to most people for right now.
For those worried about the Internet suddenly not working if there's no IPv6 support don't worry - Virgin trials won't be that far away now, they have been working at it and there are IPv6-ready components across core, transport and access network.
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I don't think anyone's really worried about the internet not working. I don't think IPv4 is going to go away any time soon, not this decade, not the next decade. Still, IPv6 makes a lot of sense for IoT.
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Try typing or memorizing any addresses, especially when :: notation is used in the middle of one...
Also, EUI-64. Urgh.
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That's what DNS is for. Sure, you could memorise the IP address for a few devices on IPv4, but realistically on any reasonably sized network you'll be hard pressed to memorise all of them anyway.
The only way to remember more addresses on IPv4 is to come up with some sort of system (i.e. server 01 is 123.123.123.101, server 02 is 123.123.123.102, etc.) and you can do that on IPv6 just as easily. Most of the IPv6 address is going to be the same on your entire network, so it's just the last part you have to "Remember" and if you use DHCPv6 then you have complete control over it.
As I said though, DNS is a far better way of doing it.