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Oh, I don't think "day 0" migration would ever be possible.. but with less breaking changes it could have taken 10 or 15 years instead 30+. And then no one woul
by theamk 3y ago
Oh, I don't think "day 0" migration would ever be possible.. but with less breaking changes it could have taken 10 or 15 years instead 30+. And then no one would care about IPv4 shortages anymore for example.
The companies change stuff all the time - there is new software, there are new protocols, new hardware. For example, I remember setting up QoS/DSCP once because I _thought_ it might help with ssh sessions (it didn't). My current company routinely has cleanup/general improvement projects, to both improve network and keep network engineers happier. And given the amount of noise about IP shortage, we'd definitely consider IPv6 migration _if it only wasn't so damn expensive, time-wise_.
- Dagger2 3y agoThat might well be true! It just doesn't seem to be possible. There's no point wishing for fewer breaking changes when the one thing you're doing all of this for -- longer addresses -- is the thing causing the breakage. I don't think any of your IP-long suggestions would reduce the time you needed to deploy v6. If you disagree... perhaps v6 wouldn't actually take you as much time to deploy as you're imagining it will.