Re: IPV4 is nearly depleted, are you ready for IPV6?

["David G. Mackay" <mackay_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 10:01 +0100, David Sommerseth wrote:

> Nope, ARP is gone.  But it gets a replacement as a part of IPv6, instead
> of ARP being an addition to IPv4.
> 
> <http://itkia.com/how-to-arp-a-in-ipv6/>
> <http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_TCPIPIPv6NeighborDiscoveryProtocolND.htm>

I have a question about how IPV6 interacts with the switches in the
local network.  Right now, my sub $50(US) gigabit switch from any of
several vendors keeps an arp table to determine which switch port a
message will use.  With the huge address space available with IPV6, how
is that going to work, and when am I going to get a cheap soho switch
that can handle IPV6?

Dave


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