Vice Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 So I'm sure a lot of you are hearing about IPv6 right now and personally I'm not really a fan of the addressing system. It is to me very hard to recognize IP addresses as they are so long and random. I just wanted to see what others thoughts were so I'm making this Poll. Here is an example of an IPv6 address: 3ffe:1900:4545:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf And here is an example of an IPv4 Address: 216.239.51.99 Edit:// Also I should mention this is only a topic about what you think of the visual design of the IPv6 IP Addresses not about how you feel about IPv6 in general / from a technical standpoint. It is undeniable that it is superior to IPv4 in functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperKid Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Well its certainly harder to remember the IP Address :L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted January 16, 2011 Veteran Share Posted January 16, 2011 I prefer IPv4 to v6 for one reason. Easier to remember, at the moment i know my home IP, several server IP's, several different DNS's etc however translate that to IPv6 and i think i will struggle to remember just the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 So I'm sure a lot of you are hearing about IPv6 right now and personally I'm not really a fan of the addressing system. It is to me very hard to recognize IP addresses as they are so long and random. I just wanted to see what others thoughts were so I'm making this Poll. Here is an example of an IPv6 address: 3ffe:1900:4545:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf And here is an example of an IPv4 Address: 216.239.51.99 Edit:// Also I should mention this is only a topic about what you think of the visual design of the IPv6 IP Addresses not about how you feel about IPv6 in general / from a technical standpoint. It is undeniable that it is superior to IPv4 in functionality. I'm not really sure why it's an issue to you. Local networks will always have an ipv4 net, the only reason you'd even need to remember an ipv6 address would be if you have friends with static IPs that you connect to directly. Most web transactions will still go through DNS so it'll still be www.whatever.com The 'visual design' is just the amount of data, so its kind of like comparing a one with eight sevens. What's the point? testman, tomjol and philcruicks 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 very rarely these days would you need to remember an IP address as i just setup hostnames on all my servers and home computers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutierrez Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 like?! What kind of question is that?. Its just a protocol, like it or not, you will have to deal with it, sooner or later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quattrone Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I am not worry about it right now, but maybe in the future... :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 What's the point? The point is I want to know what people think, that is what forums are for, to discuss things. like?! What kind of question is that?. Its just a protocol, like it or not, you will have to deal with it, sooner or later It's a legitimate question. Do people like it or not. I personally do not as they are harder to remember and I wanted to see what other people thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasethebase Reporter Posted January 16, 2011 Reporter Share Posted January 16, 2011 I can see the following situation. Scenario: LAN Party Guy 1: Hey dude, what's the IP of the server you're on? Guy 2: Erm, let me check, I'll have to say it out. *5 minutes later* Guy 1: Got it! Rather than a couple of seconds. :p jren207, crispkreme, deactivated170812 and 6 others 9 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacoe Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I think we should stick with ipv4 for internal home networks. The internet will need to make the move to ipv6 as the ipv4 space runs out of addresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I can see the following situation. Scenario: LAN Party Guy 1: Hey dude, what's the IP of the server you're on? Guy 2: Erm, let me check, I'll have to say it out. *5 minutes later* Guy 1: Got it! Rather than a couple of seconds. :p so they're at a LAN party and they've never heard of copy and paste and IM apps eh? awesome...technologically illiterate gamers. Who knew TheElite 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggers Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 From my limited knowledge of IPv6 i must say i prefer v4. Especially when you have an address like "3ffe:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00f2" made into "3ffe:::::::f2"or "3ff3:0000:0000:0000:0000:6ff6:0000:00f2" into "3ff3:::::6ff6:0000:00f2" i think that`s correct someone correct me if i`m wrong! Not going to be easy to remember! Edit, my mistake there are eight segments not six :blush: I think that`s right now, please correct me again if it`s wrong.....again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 From my limited knowledge of IPv6 i must say i prefer v4. Especially when you have an address like "3ffe:0000:0000:0000:0000:00f2" made into "3ffe:::::f2"or "3ff3:0000:0000:6ff6:0000:00f2" into "3ff3:::6ff6:0000:00f2" i think that`s correct someone correct me if i`m wrong! Not going to be easy to remember! Not quite. The 128-bit IPv6 address can be abbreviated with the following rules: Rule one: Leading zeroes within a 16-bit value may be omitted. For example, the address fe80:0000:0000:0000:0202:b3ff:fe1e:8329 may be written as fe80:0:0:0:202:b3ff:fe1e:8329 Rule two: A single occurrence of consecutive groups of zeroes within an address may be replaced by a double colon. For example, fe80:0:0:0:202:b3ff:fe1e:8329 becomes fe80::202:b3ff:fe1e:8329 From the wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athernar Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 so they're at a LAN party and they've never heard of copy and paste and IM apps eh? awesome...technologically illiterate gamers. Who knew It's all well and good to make sweeping statements, but you failed to realise that some games do not support copying or pasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggers Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 So which bit was wrong in the way i abbreviated it? As it`s the future i`m keen to learn as much as possible before it`s commonplace :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Like with most new things it will be a matter of getting used to. So, "I don't care either way". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkaic Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Baby I like it the way you download on the go oh yes baby c'mon give me some more oh yes I like it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Not a particular fan, it looks to me simply like strings of hex code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 It's all well and good to make sweeping statements, but you failed to realise that some games do not support copying or pasting. There are other ways to join peoples servers anyway. Many games/services (Steam/Xfire) will let you join the server your friends are on. So sure, it could be a problem, but it probably won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted January 16, 2011 Veteran Share Posted January 16, 2011 It's just the notation, we have DNS for a reason (which still applies in the LAN situation) I mean, I can write an IPv4 address like 0xC0A80001 or an IPv6 address like 8193.1136.7941.41272.549.19455.65440.44114, but it doesn't change the underlying data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choto Cheeta Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 When we go IPv6, would we have to get our Internal LAN home or small business networks to shift in these format ??? ****.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmatic Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 i remember that there was a IEEE suggestion which can shorten any IPV6 address to something under a dozen or so ASCII characters (alphabet letters A to Z, and numbers 0-9, basically), with no colons or anything, so it looks something like a password... imho it makes it easier to remember without the colons... you could share it out with people just as easily as you hand out your wifi key to people who you want to share your wireless connection with unfortunately it was made just as an April Fool's joke, it really looked like a neat idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybertimber2008 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Local networks will always have an ipv4 net, the only reason you'd even need to remember an ipv6 address would be if you have friends with static IPs that you connect to directly.Untrue. You can't just assign a modem a IPv6 address and provide IPv6 services to the rest. You need IPv6 from end to end, and there is no NAT functionality in IPv6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miuku Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 You need IPv6 from end to end, and there is no NAT functionality in IPv6. Actually you can now have NAT with IPv6 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inklin Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 When we go IPv6, would we have to get our Internal LAN home or small business networks to shift in these format ??? ****.. I believe with IPv6 every device in your house should get it's own publicly accessible IP address (I believe there will be no need for NAT which was introduced to make IPv4 addressing last a little longer). I guess ISP's will be issuing everyone a /64 block of addresses at least EDIT: beaten to it... :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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