Re: Re: IPv6 only devices in home network

Brian E Carpenter <[email protected]> Mon, 21 Oct 2002 17:10:59 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.ngtrans
Organization IBM
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>         1. what's the exact time that IPv4 addresses will be run out? Nobody cares about IPv6 until the IPv4 addresses are run out.

They ran out some time ago, since you can't get enough today.

Actually, there were never enough IPv4 addresses. The world population
was more than 4 billion even when the IPv4 standard was published. 

>         2. Can ISPs benefit from IPv6? It needs much money to upgrade the IPv4 network to IPv6 network!

It costs much money to solve the problems caused by NAT. Every time I travel, without
exception, I hit a connectivity problem caused by NAT. This costs a lot to both
ISPs, users, and employers. Moving to IPv6 will save money.

>         3. Application for IPv6? Is IPv6 similar with 3G, which both lack of Killer applications?

We don't need a killer application. We just need enough addresses for
normal applications.  For one list of IPv6-enabled applications,
see http://6net.iif.hu/ipv6_apps/

    Brian