Next year RIPE will reach their IPv4 limits, so... At least client side support should be added.
Evaldas, GameConnect, Lithuania www.gameconnect.lt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Japje | Jasper Wonnink" <[email protected]> To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] IPv6 in Source >I wrote Alfred about this some months ago. His answer: > > "Hey Jasper, we have no firm IPV6 plans at this time." > > so no.. dont count on it > > > and Arg!, > > "surely there'd be no benefit for valve to develop this until at least a > large portion of their player base actually has an IPv6 connection" > > Thats like waiting to build a highway until "a large portion of the > people in a city" have a car.. > > There will be IPv6 only connections sooner then 2 years, probably in > country's who don't have much IPv4 like Africa or Azie (which has a > substation IPv6 network already) > > There have been dual stack solutions for a long time for all kinds of > software.. i think its utter BS that a gameserver cant listen on IPv6 > for players, or a client can't connect to an IPv6 server (when he has an > IPv6 connection). > > Hell they could make it an experimental switch you could give a game > --with-ipv6 for all i care > > People should stop putting their heads in their ass and acknowledge that > IPv4 will run out, and we will use IPv6. Better fix support now that the > user base is still small enough that deploying it wont cause a lot of > trouble. > > > Japje / Jasper Wonnink > > > [Don] - Luigi wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I wonder, if there is IPv6 support in Source, or will this implemented >> in the near future? Did someone heard anything about this? >> >> >> >> Mfg >> >> Luigi >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
