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The 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 adop
by stevekemp 5y ago
The 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.