Re:India is leading IPv6 migration with 61.67% adoption
by magicalhippo on Sunday August 15, 2021 @12:10PM
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The problem is packets flow both ways in a network.
It's not like an actual pipe where one end doesn't care where the other end is. The recipient of a packet has to know where to send the reply.
So while a host with a larger address could easily talk to a legacy host with an older, smaller address, the legacy host couldn't reply because it wouldn't know how to address it.
It's not like an actual pipe where one end doesn't care where the other end is. The recipient of a packet has to know where to send the reply.
So while a host with a larger address could easily talk to a legacy host with an older, smaller address, the legacy host couldn't reply because it wouldn't know how to address it.