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IPv6

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:35 pm
by Carl Hibbard
Is anyone apart from ME using IPv6 and interested in getting this forum onto that type of connection?

Re: IPv6

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:39 pm
by Alex Holowczak
You may need to explain what IPv6 is...

Will the average forumite notice any real difference? I know what it is, but I don't know whether it makes it slower/faster, or whether it's the sort of thing no one would have noticed if you'd done it and hadn't mentioned it.

Re: IPv6

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:04 pm
by PeterTurland
Alex Holowczak wrote:You may need to explain what IPv6 is...

Will the average forumite notice any real difference? I know what it is, but I don't know whether it makes it slower/faster, or whether it's the sort of thing no one would have noticed if you'd done it and hadn't mentioned it.
Basically put http://255*255*255*255 is running out of space.

Re: IPv6

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:11 pm
by Alex Holowczak
PeterTurland wrote:Basically put http://255*255*255*255 is running out of space.
Yeah, I was aware of that, but I reckon most people wouldn't care whether it was IPv4 or IPv6 as long as they still had to type in the same domain name, and it wasn't slow.

Re: IPv6

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:17 pm
by Carl Hibbard
It is rather techie yes but it is worth reading about and I need to use a little more of my /48 block anyway

Re: IPv6

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:20 pm
by PeterTurland
Alex Holowczak wrote:
PeterTurland wrote:Basically put http://255*255*255*255 is running out of space.
Yeah, I was aware of that, but I reckon most people wouldn't care whether it was IPv4 or IPv6 as long as they still had to type in the same domain name, and it wasn't slow.
Well I'm sort of aware, you know what you are talking about Alex, but I'm more interested in what Carl has to say.

Re: IPv6

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:24 pm
by Carl Hibbard
Alex Holowczak wrote:Yeah, I was aware of that, but I reckon most people wouldn't care whether it was IPv4 or IPv6 as long as they still had to type in the same domain name, and it wasn't slow.
Alex is correct, it will make little or no difference to members and is only valid for the sad type techie person like myself at this time