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areku
01-29-2011, 10:31 PM
What will happen, are they compatible?!

Feralidragon
01-30-2011, 05:29 AM
Well, if we consider that it's not only UT which relies on ipv4, but many worldwide programs and games (including but not limited to enterprise programs which they won't simply let go), with the ipv6 implementation they must be able to still support ipv4 somehow, otherwise no one will simply accept it as many ipv4 only equipments and software are still used, and their abandon would mean some millions in costs to buy new software and equipment.

areku
02-01-2011, 03:24 PM
good to know thanks :D

now who voted i suck..?

Feralidragon
02-02-2011, 05:12 AM
I didn't (I didn't even vote lol).

Answering those who don't know what ipv6 is: basically the ip adress still used (since tcp exists) is called ipv4, as the address is composed by 4 bytes of info (0-255 each), so you adresses like: 192.168.100.128 for example.
With ipv6, you add 2 extra bytes, making the adress having 6 bytes of info instead, like: 192.255.200.168.100.128.

Why the change from ipv4 to ipv6: well, each ip corresponds to a single machine or "terminal": pc, router or even isp gateway, however the world is getting bigger communications wise and most electronic stuff nowadays are needing more and more ip assigns as they need to communicate over the web. With ipv4 there's a big limitation of available number of ips, and with the world growing it will soon become an issue to give ips without conflicts, or give ips at all since there are none available, and ipv6 should be the solution to get around that problem.

|uK|B|aZe//.
02-02-2011, 11:29 AM
i voted for 4 things:p

SAM
02-02-2011, 01:53 PM
Let me wrap it up.

The world is running out of IP addresses and we need more. Hence IPV6

areku
02-02-2011, 07:49 PM
With ipv6, you add 2 extra bytes, making the adress having 6 bytes of info instead, like: 192.255.200.168.100.128.
ipv6 uses colons.. uk ip (http://ip-lookup.net/?::209.160.77.22) would be:

http://[0:0:0:0:0:0:209.160.77.22] or http://[::209.160.77.22] or http://[::D1A0:4D16]

Happens that ut cant open these ips because it will take anything that is before the first colon as the ip, even if u put [] around it, so you wont be able to play ut when ipv4 stops working.. if it ever stops, I think.

Feralidragon
02-03-2011, 04:51 AM
Well, the fact there are so many forms and conversions from ipv4 to ipv6 and ipv6 to ipv4, proves my point about that we simply don't have to worry about it. Many stuff still works with ipv4 only, and they don't need to be converted to ipv6 to start with, or servers/routers can simply make that conversion to keep backward compatibility.

UT is not the only "popular" game with active ipv4 based servers, so shutting ipv4 completelly down would mean shut down most of the world to start with.

SAM
02-03-2011, 03:07 PM
SORRY THE INTERNET IS FULL TRY AGAIN LATER

|uK|Cube
02-03-2011, 03:25 PM
lol scar.

SAM
02-03-2011, 03:31 PM
That is what will happen unless IPV6 comes into action soon. Either people will be sharing NIC/IP addresses or they will just stop producing until IPV6 is here

noob.saiB0T
02-07-2011, 09:38 AM
nice boobs

ChanClan
11-01-2011, 02:18 AM
Let me wrap it up.

The world is running out of IP addresses and we need more. Hence IPV6

WRONG ...the IP addressing is THE SAME... among MANY other things...it implements tunnelling protocols for INTRANET's like corporate networks or Local Area Networks.. TCP v6 is COMPLETELY backwards compatible with v4 and you have NOTHING to fear or LOSE by using v6.

you only gain functionality AND there are PLENTY of IP addresses available...