On 4/4/99 2:09 AM Tim Salo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

>> If they 
>> threw out the IP protocol and started over, then all the routers on the 
>> internet would need to be upgraded, wouldn't they?
>>      [...]
>
>Yes.  It's called IPv6.  So if something as big as the Internet can
>[claim to] change...
>
IPv6 is an extension of the present IP, they didn't even scrap the old 
one. And they still need to upgrade the routers ;-)

>The success of the Internet demonstrates that well-documented protocol
>specifications can result in a multitude of interoperating implementations.
>(Never mind that nearly all host implementations are derived from
>BSD...)
>
Preaching to the choir...

Steve K4HG

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