Drumming Up More Internet Addresses

[ethan.boston-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Ethan Schwartz)]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:

Who could have guessed that 4.3 billion Internet connections wouldn?t be
> enough?
>
> Certainly not Vint Cerf.
>
> The next few years could get interesting.
>



4.3 billion addresses... how many are being squatted on due to assignment of
huge swaths to major organizations...

I used CTRL-F to search for "routing" and "complex" ... nothing in there
about just how difficult routing IPv6 addresses will be... what a nightmare
that will be...

The average user has no idea how IP works... considering that the vast
majority of home and commercial devices are behind some form of NAT I
suspect that the initial transition is going to consist of enabling of NAT
features on CTE devices like cable/DSL modems, routers, etc... the firewall
device will understand IPv6, and provide the inside devices with private
IPv4 addresses that they already understand.

I'm imaging a transition like that of analog to digital TV... people who are
behind the times, so to speak, will receive a "converter box" which will
provide NAT... the rest will be forced to potentially endure a reboot or two
on a few devices :)