Text 21675, 62 rader
Skriven 2008-10-08 16:57:57 av Russell Tiedt (5:7105/1)
  Kommentar till text 21584 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: FidoNews 25:40 [02/05]: General Articles
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Hello Michiel.

06 Oct 08 15:54, you wrote to me:

 FR>> Ooops! seems I forgot to mention that IPV6 will become the norm
 FR>> within the next five years ... , IPV6, which promises to give
 FR>> each and every one of us our own personal static IP address ...
 FR>> among other things
 FR>> ...

 MV> While I agree on your comments about VOIP, I think your estimate of
 MV> the time line for IPv6 is off. My estimate is that it will take
 MV> another decade before software that does not support IPv6 will become
 MV> totally useless. No doubt that the world of the InterNet will
 MV> eventually be IPv6 only, the IPv4 address space is final and some day
 MV> we will run out of IPv6 addresses. But the end is not as near as some
 MV> would have us believe and there is still a lot to be gained by
 MV> reclaiming address space that is allotted but never used. Some
 MV> institutions have been allotted an entire 24 bit block...

Well, it might be off, but the number of sites, already implementing IPv6 is 
slowly growing, but you are right, that many will carry dual IPv4 and IPv6 
support for awhile yet ...

 MV> I do not think that even if we wanted it, the world could completely
 MV> shift to IPv6 within as short a transition period as five years. My
 MV> guess is that the vast majority of hosts will have an IPv4 alias for
 MV> at least another decade.

Depends on circumstances ... , beyond the control of many, something might 
crop up, and make it an imperative, and then again, something could happen to 
slow it down ... , the writing is on the wall, all it lack is a implement by 
date ...

 MV> By that time Fidonet may not have to worry about it any more....

Simply because it is no more ...

 MV> Other than that: interesting article. ;-)

Thank, it is appreciated that some found it intersting ...

BTW, something else I forgot to mention was that the new computer at work, no 
longer has a Serial, nor a parrallel port ... , which means I will not connect 
a modem to it, as I refuse to take the risk of looseing my computer due to 
lighting strikes, by sticking to external modems, and good surge protectors, I 
have ended up loosing a few modems with their surge protectors, over the 
years, but not yet lost a computer due to lighting ... (touches wood), but I 
have seen many fried motherboards, that did not survive the modem being "hit", 
and one instance of a 12 computer network say bye-bye due to a "hit" thru a 
single internal modem ... , and yes, PCI and PCI Express (1) modems are 
available if you want them ...

I replace my surge protectors every 18 months or so, regardless of whether 
they indicate that they need repalcing or not, and if after a storm the little 
warning lights come one, I replace with a working old one, till the time comes 
to change them all again ...

Russell

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