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On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Scott Copus wrote:
> "John D. Hardin" wrote:
>
> > > 3)Is there any scope for Ip Masq once IP v6 is implemented?
> >
> > IPv6 should make masq largely unneeded. The address space in IPv6 is
> > *much* larger and is divided up differently, such that the IPv6
> > address you get from your ISP would probably actually be an address
> > *space* of (say) 256 addresses.
>
> Do you think this would really happen? Is what you are saying above
> is the ISP allowing 256 IPv6 addresses to be usable over a PPP link?
> Because that would be great if that became some kind of a "standard
> service" by ISPs once IPv6 becomes standardized. :>
Possibly. IIRC (without cracking my textbooks) the IPv6 address space
is 64 bits, vs. 32 bits for IPv4.
> Anybody feel free to point me in any direction to learn more about
> PPP and how routing works.
The best text I have seen is... (hang on)
TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1
W. Richard Stevens
ISBN 0-201-63346-9
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