As native IPv6 connections are compared more and more with IPv4 NAT:ed connections, I think this will go quicker than what people think. Note that most of the difference between the protocols are features and operational experiences the ISPs have. For the end user...how much difference is there really in how Google or Facebook works? But you asked for a year Steve, and I think we are now in IPv6 where we where with IPv4 around 1994. But those 16 years will take 8 years to catch up. The end user though, will not notice when IPv6 is in use. Not even now I claim... (and turn on my flame protector). 1.4% of the unique IP addresses each 24h to my mail server (that is not large, handles maybe 30k email messages a day) are IPv6 today, and that is when I merge incoming and outgoing SMTP, i.e. both clients that are configured to use the name of the server explicitly (for outgoing mail), and those that look up MX and then A/AAAA (incoming). Patrik On 27 maj 2010, at 16.26, Steve Crocker wrote: > IPv6 networks and products are maturing but are still not on a par with *IPv4* networks and services. > > Apologies. > > Steve > > Sent from my iPad > > On May 27, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Rumbidzayi Gadhula <rumbiles@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> >> On 27 May 2010 16:11, Steve Crocker <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I agree. That said, it's a bit challenging to get the right message across. IPv4 hosts will continue to increase for quite a while, but address space will increasingly hard to obtain. The large growth will come in the IPv6 space. IPv6 networks and products are maturing but are still not yet on a par with IPv6 networks and products. Anyone want to hazard a guess when they will be fully competitive? And then there's the problem of interoperability... >> >> typo or am i lost? >> >> I think the CNN story carries the wrong message, both in the specifics -- IPv4 won't stop growing anytime soon -- and in the implied conclusion that the Internet will stop growing in 18 months. >> >> Steve >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On May 27, 2010, at 2:59 PM, jnc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Noel Chiappa) wrote: >> >>>> From: Ole Jacobsen <ole@xxxxxxxxx> >>> >>>> this story was written by someone with a clue. >>> >>> Not really. A high marketing FUD / technical content ratio. >>> >>> Noel >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ietf mailing list >>> Ietf@xxxxxxxx >>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf mailing list >> Ietf@xxxxxxxx >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >> > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
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