[172498] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ars Technica on IPv4 exhaustion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu Jun 19 18:59:59 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <044a01cf8be7$5bf605f0$13e211d0$@com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:55:17 -0700
To: Edward Arthurs <earthurs@legacyinmate.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On Jun 19, 2014, at 10:53 , Edward Arthurs <earthurs@legacyinmate.com> =
wrote:
> Thank You for responding.
> If mid to small companies have equipment made in the last 7 years, =
they will not need to replace equipment.
> Most net admins at the mid to small companies have no idea about IPV6.
> Cost is a major consideration at the mid to small size companies, if =
they need to upgrade equipment.
> The difference between IPV4 and IPV6 for someone not familiar is huge,
> 1. There is a totally new format dotted decimal to colon.
> 2. The 32 bit to 128 bit is/or can be quite challenging for some net =
admins.
I can get most network admins over both of those hurdles (and the other =
more meaningful ones) in a 45 minute training session.
Yes, I've done so many times, so I know it works.
For those with more complex needs, a two-day training course can take =
someone from marginally proficient in IPv4 to reasonably proficient in =
IPv6 for both Network and Systems administration.
With a small amount of conceptual knowledge, the differences between =
IPv4 and IPv6 become very very small.
Owen
