Re: Anybody Using IPv6?

On 25.06.2025 03:13 c186282 c186282 wrote:

On 6/25/25 2:56 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Tue, 20 May 2025 10:37:46 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

... why not just prepend or append another '.000.' 

 
Can’t be done.  

 
   Can EASILY be done.

Simply bullshit. The address field is exactly 32 bits long and that
means it can't be simply extended. Devices and software expect it to be
exactly that long and will read and process 32 bits. Modifying that
means you need to make EVERY device/software aware of that change at
the same time, so they can communicate with the longer addresses.

More PITA than creating a separate protocol that can run alongside the
old one for testing and transition.