It appears that Matt Hoppes <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> said: >Just like with IPv6, there would be a transition period, but during that >time software updates would very easily bring equipment up to spec much >faster and quicker. > >Eventually, 192.168.0.1 would be represented (for example) as >0.0.0.0.192.168.0.1 (or something similar - I haven't really sketched >out the logistics on paper).
Sounds just like an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address, which is ::ffff:192.168.0.1. See RFC 1884, written in 1995, and the other RFCs which update it but don't change this particular aspect. What's the difference? R's, John
