IPv6 Test Network Hits 400 Sites Posted by Rotundo on Tuesday October 12, @07:10PM EDT from the enough-addresses-for-every-grain-of-sand dept. HexHead writes "The experimental IPv6 backbone now connects more than 400 sites across 40 countries. With 128-bit addresses there will be enough to give an IP address to every grain of sand on every beach, which should help with the impending sand-networking boom." Adoption is expected any day now, give or take a decade. IPv6 Test Network Hits 400 Sites | Login/Create an Account | Top | 25 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 25 comments 0: 22 comments 1: 17 comments 2: 11 comments 3: 8 comments 4: 6 comments 5: 3 comments NestedFlatThreadedNo Comments Oldest FirstNewest FirstHighest Scores First The fine print: the following comments belong to whoever typed them. Dashdot takes no responsibility for them, and frankly, neither do most of the people who typed them. FP by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @07:11PM EDT (#1) Frist psot. Ha! In your face, everybody who has a job. [ Reply to This ] NAT will kill it by GeckoGuy on Tuesday October 12, @07:14PM EDT (#2) (User Info) Everybody's going to put their houses behind NAT boxes and nobody will feel the pain of address shortage. IPv6 will take 20 years. [ Reply to This ] Re:NAT will kill it by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @07:15PM EDT (#3) Don't feed the trolls. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:NAT will kill it by Nervous Ned on Tuesday October 12, @07:52PM EDT (#7) (User Info) Actually, that's a common misconception. The spec explicitly allows it; it's the vendors who didn't implement it. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Memorizing addresses by Speculatron on Tuesday October 12, @07:16PM EDT (#4) (User Info) I can't memorize a 32-bit address half the time. Good luck memorizing fe80:0000:0000:0000... oh I give up. [ Reply to This ] Re:Memorizing addresses by DayTraderDan on Tuesday October 12, @07:22PM EDT (#5) (User Info) Mod parent up! [ Reply to This | Parent ] Beowulf by StargazerSue on Tuesday October 12, @07:34PM EDT (#6) (User Info) Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these. [ Reply to This ] Re:Beowulf by DaemonDiva on Tuesday October 12, @08:18PM EDT (#10) (User Info) You must be new here. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Boring by WebWeaver on Tuesday October 12, @07:58PM EDT (#8) (User Info) Another day, another story about a chip that is 8% faster. Wake me when they invent the flying car. Or at least the flying modem. [ Reply to This ] Re:Boring by PolarPenguin on Tuesday October 12, @08:10PM EDT (#9) (User Info) I tried that and it set my monitor on fire. Thanks a lot. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Boring by mp3_maniac on Tuesday October 12, @08:28PM EDT (#12) (User Info) Wait until you see the next version. It's going to be worse. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Read the article by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @08:22PM EDT (#11) Did anyone actually read the article? Half the comments here are answering questions that are answered in the second paragraph. [ Reply to This ] Re:Read the article by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @08:57PM EDT (#14) Source? My brother-in-law says otherwise, and he has a Pentode. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Read the article by Tux_Tamer on Tuesday October 12, @09:38PM EDT (#19) (User Info) I think you're missing the point. Nobody is arguing it's perfect, just that it's better than what we had. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Read the article by modem_mike on Tuesday October 12, @10:23PM EDT (#24) (User Info) Mod parent down! Flamebait. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Read the article by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @09:27PM EDT (#18) This is the most sensible thing I've read on Dashdot all week. Somebody mod this up. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Offtopic, but by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @08:37PM EDT (#13) Offtopic, but does anyone know how to get a Sound Blaster 16 working under the new kernel? It just beeps at me. Rhythmically. [ Reply to This ] Hype by HexHead on Tuesday October 12, @08:58PM EDT (#15) (User Info) The hype-to-substance ratio on this one is pretty high. Let's see it running in production before we all get excited. [ Reply to This ] Re:Hype by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @09:55PM EDT (#20) Hey, at least it's not Portals. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Mirror by q_bert on Tuesday October 12, @09:07PM EDT (#16) (User Info) Mirror here, while it lasts: it's on my cable modem so be gentle. [ Reply to This ] Re:Mirror by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @10:03PM EDT (#23) You're both wrong, and I'm going to explain why in a post that's way too long for anyone to read. Paragraph one: ... [ Reply to This | Parent ] My experience by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12, @09:16PM EDT (#17) I've been working in this industry for 15 years, and I can tell you that this kind of thing comes around every five years with a new name. The underlying ideas don't change much; the marketing does. [ Reply to This ] Slashdotted by DaemonDiva on Tuesday October 12, @09:56PM EDT (#21) (User Info) Site's already slashdotted. Er, dashdotted. Anyone have a mirror? [ Reply to This ] lol by perl_monger_mo on Tuesday October 12, @09:59PM EDT (#22) (User Info) lol [ Reply to This ] Portals sucks by Nervous Ned on Tuesday October 12, @10:35PM EDT (#25) (User Info) This is why Portals sucks. I've been saying it for years. Install Linix. Problem solved. [ Reply to This ]

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