-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Tim Soderstrom wrote:
> Just a couple of concerns: > > So this has been bugging me since I first read technical > reports on the whole thing quite a few years ago: Isn't 128-bits kinda, > well, a lot? I mean that's 4 times bigger than 32-bits, so doesn't that > mean it will incur 4x more overhead? No as other header elements have been removed. Read/View the presentation on: http://www.isoc.nl/activ/2002-Masterclass-IETF-IPv6.htm thus: http://www.isoc.nl/activ/cursusmateriaal/2002-Masterclass-IETF-IPv6.ppt http://www.isoc.nl/activ/cursusmateriaal/2002-Masterclass-IETF-IPv6.sxi That will clear up a lot of things for you I think :) > For example, I have a 160bps upstream with my DSL provider...right now > is just barely enough to stream mp3's on IPv4. 160 *bits* per second? I hope that is Kilobytes :) > On IPv6, however, I worry that a much bigger chunk of my bits will > be used simply for addressing. > How does IPv6 answer this (as it is really the only thing holding me back). Check the presentation :) > Also, does IPv6 or could IPv6, 7, or 8 :) Employ a type of 'smart > addressing' feature? For example, if all I need to do is communicate > amongst my subnet or my local network, it seems wasteful to send > 128-bits for that. So why not simply send the number of bits > that is in the subnet mask or assume a right justification of the bits > recieved so that the computer can and it to a mask and know where it > came from or something similar? Then every router and host suddenly should know and adapt to those conditions which is much more overhead then a few bits. > On a grand scale that would be awesome because if I was just playing a > game with local friends in the say Austin, TX area I could save a few > bits, could I not? And if not why not? :) A few bits versus major overhead, not done really... :) > I have been burning to ask these questions for quite some time, so > thanks very much for you patience in reading them :) > > Cheers and Take Care, > > Tim Soderstrom > Computer Science Major at University of Texas @ Austin Throw around that presentation and hint your tutors to get some good IPv6 books and teach a lot more about router internals, processing etc... Greets, Jeroen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Unfix PGP for Outlook Alpha 13 Int. Comment: Jeroen Massar / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://unfix.org/~jeroen/ iQA/AwUBP2nN2SmqKFIzPnwjEQKAuwCeMe6zGaPwh/vQ4X/hMNXIkZTG9q4An2aa lli12UOBtUnvXLD0Q4wbkqnk =CT01 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- The IPv6 Users Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe users" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
