> > Done this way we will be defingin IPv7 real quick, as the unused > > addresses > > will add up very fast. > > There are a _lot_ of IPv6 routing prefixes, namely 281,474,976,710,656 > (assuming every allocation is a /48 as is the current plan (last I > heard)). Right now, there are about 120K routing prefixes in the > Internet. I think IPv7 is a ways off. >
Not if we are assigning 200 addresses to each user (never to be reclaimed in many cases) They touted IPv6 as 1 address per person in the world for years to come. Look at the future. You will need (assumes modern western culture person other cultures may have different requirements as defined by B. Gates): 1 address per node on your computer (all must be registered as local addresses are going away according to the list) 1 address for your work computer + printer + other "smart" device 1 address per hand held (Palm, IPaq, etc) 1 address per cellular phone 1 address per regular phone (possibly 1 per physical extension in your house - but I think that can be avoided) 1 address per appliance on your network - Refrigerator, dishwasher, air conditioner, alarm system, car radio, etc (again all must be registered as above) and more address as they are used. This will make it a case of the person in 2000 who has 15 phone numbers for their family of 4 changing to the person in 2005 who had 200 IP addresses (or names that DNS to addresses) for their house plus 50 addresses for that same family of 4. Some sort of local addresses space is a must. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
