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I bet ipv6 is superseded soon by something else. To have a standard that is still not adopted after decades surely means theres some fundamental difficulty that
by jeffybefffy519 5y ago
I bet ipv6 is superseded soon by something else. To have a standard that is still not adopted after decades surely means theres some fundamental difficulty that means it’s actually really hard to migrate to for many or its just too complex.
- GoOnThenDoTell 5y agoOr that the motivation for expending effort on it wasn’t high until ipv4 blocks had allocation costs
- stevekemp 5y agoThe sheer fact that so many systems had to be updated for IPv6, and many many have not .. implies that any new system would struggle just as badly to reach adoption. The only successor to IPv4 that could stand a chance would be something that would require zero hardware replacements at ISPs, carriers, home-routers, and all the other devices that would potentially be impacted.
- commandersaki 5y agoDoubtful. While it's taken awhile for vendors to do, updating software to be IPv6 capable hasn't really been an issue or a challenge. Even if a few Internet of Shit devices refuse to speak IPv6, the overwhelming majority of stacks do. The problem has always been with the IPv6 transition plan, which is nonexistent. This is the way it was selected, even when the contenders were offering actual transition plans where IPv4 interoperate with IPng. This has been a fundamental failure of the design and selection committee for IPng/IPv6.
- gpvos 5y agoNo, it's just like why the US hasn't switched to metric yet. Installed base and little economic advantage. China, India and other upcoming countries will need to switch to ipv6 eventually, but it will take a long time for Europe and the US, and they may never switch completely.