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Re:I spent a week without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition... by hot_gril on Monday March 06, 2023 @04:44PM (#35048093)
> separates groups of 4 while optionally :: abbreviates a bunch of 0's and leading 0's in groups are optional. The address can be longer, sure, but it's really near identical to dotted decimal beyond the lengths.

Consecutive colons aren't readable or easy to remember.

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Re:I spent a week without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition... by p1mrx on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:02PM (#35058704)
Do you think we should write addresses like 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001, or what else would you propose?
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Re:I spent a week without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition... by hot_gril on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:43PM (#35059311)
192.168.1.2.
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Re:I spent a week without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition... by p1mrx on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:51PM (#35059432)
Error: fewer addresses than humans
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Re:I spent a week without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition... by hot_gril on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @02:06PM (#35059669)
There are only a few people on my LAN. For the Internet, use more groups when people need more addresses (like 8.8.8.8.3), and leave the existing addresses like 8.8.8.8 alone. This didn't have to be complicated.
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