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Thread #145284 Message #3360190
Posted By: Rapparee
06-Jun-12 - 06:09 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Today is IPv6 Day (Internet Protocols)
Subject: RE: Tech: Today is IPv6 Day (Internet Protocols)
It's about damned time.
Phase-in will take some time, especially if you're networked with a 10-dot or 192-dot address. These were reserved as "private" IP addresses under IPv4...that is, for use on "inside" networks (they cannot work on the big public Internet); your ISP assigns your machine a "temporary" IP address when you log on.
Now every grain of sand on Earth can have its own IP address! Yes! I really could, as I once threatened, put an IP address on every urinal and toilet so cleanliness, water usage, and pipe thickness could be monitored even from the International Space Station!