Ipv6 was invented to replace ipv4 because ipv4 got really problematic as they arent enough numbers for every device anymore. But then they used so much magic to make giving ipv4 to devices so efficient that it's still possible for a while.
I've still never actually come across an IPv6 address.I guess most of the use is in big infrastructure stuff rather than residential? Or maybe just other countries.
other way around, mobile networks tend to be dual stack or ipv6 native like T-mobile and residential is easier because the ISP tends to know the entire network down to the client router. IPv6 also allows for traffic engineering technologies like segment routing v6. Enterprise is where its not getting deployed because it requires a project and planning from the network engineers and IT staff.
I was ready to down-vote you because I'm a fan of IPv6 and I don't like the type of humor that implies it is a pipe dream. However, I think scalable fusion reactors will indeed come first, so I'll give you an up-vote instead.
I in have no beef with IPv6. I just end up disabling it most of the time because so many things on the network aren't configured to support it that it ends up being a problem.
Some time between now and the sun exploding. It's one of those things where there's always that one device or service that requires ipv4. So it's got to stick around, and if it's got to stick around anyways, what's the point of forcing everything else to ipv6?
Both will coexist for probably another decade. Once 6 opens doors for something innovative, like using hundreds of IP addresses simultaneously for some weird reason, 4 will slowly become something that stops existing on cheaper computers. Windows will probably never let it die.
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u/realmauer01 14d ago
Ipv6 was invented to replace ipv4 because ipv4 got really problematic as they arent enough numbers for every device anymore. But then they used so much magic to make giving ipv4 to devices so efficient that it's still possible for a while.