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If it is the use of colons instead of dots that prevents you from learning the adresses, then I'm not sure you can be helped. But that discussion aside, if you
by red_trumpet 3y ago
If it is the use of colons instead of dots that prevents you from learning the adresses, then I'm not sure you can be helped.
But that discussion aside, if you adopt the IPv4 naming scheme to the 128-bit IPv6 adresses, Google's DNS would be 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.
I would never be confident that I put in the right number of 8's in that case. And I have a feeling that you being overwhelmed has more to do with the total increase of possibilities, than with hexadecimal notation.
I guess it shows that IPv6 was designed for computers, not humans. Because we need a vast number if IP adressses. And that is fine for me.
- dheera 3y ago> If it is the use of colons instead of dots Colons are inherently more frightening than dots, especially double colons, which seems like some badly written C++ class escaped from gaol. Dots feel friendly and cute, I would pet an IPv4 address. > then I'm not sure you can be helped Sure, and the rest of the planet hasn't adopted IPv6 either. It's a horrible UX.
- red_trumpet 3y agoIf I'm allowed to argue using unrelated topics and feelings, here you go ;) > Colons are inherently more frightening than dots I highly disagree. In traditional text usage, dots end a sentence. They are terminal. A symbol of stasis. Like death. Contrary to that, a colon always refers to something that comes after: it transcends itself, and wakes my curiosity. It is a symbol of growth and learning.
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- kmbfjr 3y agoLemme introduce you to XML then… The rest of the world has adopted IPv6 because they never had the vast IPv4 space.
- rvnx 3y agoIt would be 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16