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> IPv6 is actually easier but it requires learning about a new Layer 2/3 set of protocols. Exactly! It's simple to understand if you throw away the decades of
by perryizgr8 6y ago
> IPv6 is actually easier but it requires learning about a new Layer 2/3 set of protocols.
Exactly! It's simple to understand if you throw away the decades of cruft that has accumulated in IPv4.
ARP is a mess, half the specification is vague and everybody just does whatever they want. NDP is amazingly intuitive and sensible, but you have to stop thinking of it in terms of ARP.