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IPv6 Adoption Will Grow With Smart Grid Adoption, Hopes Cisco
darthcamaro writes "A lot of people in the US have not seen a use case for the use of IPv6 yet, since we've got plenty of IPv4 addresses. But what happens when the entire electrical grid gets smart? The so-called Smart Grid will need a networking transport mechanism that will connect potentially hundreds of millions of people and devices. Networking giant Cisco sees IP (internet protocol) as the right transport and IPv6 as the logical choice for addressing. 'Pv6 is an interesting discussion and one that occupies a lot of bandwidth at Cisco,' Marie Hattar, Cisco's vice president of network systems and security solutions marketing said. 'Some people say that for smaller deployments, we could get away with IPv4, but the smart grid has a number of parts. The point is that if you're looking to build this [smart grid] out, why not build it out on the scalable protocol from the get-go?'"
when can we stop talking about IPv6? Just as soon as the IPv7 standard is released?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
I'm waiting for IP version Kevin Bacon.
It's the only way to ensure your packet is going to positively absolutely get from point A to point B in a timely, efficient, and stylish manner.
Keep your stupid IP ver 6. Pffft. It's about as elegant as Lemur poop. IPvKB, on the other hand...now THAT'S a protocol.
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to become self-aware AND connected to the internet. It will spend the whole day looking at ionic porn instead of providing power.
"ooh baby, I can see your net positive charge, come put it in my net negative charge..ooh, you like like bonding....yeah baby...ooh, you want to get kinky and go 3 atom covalent?"
Monstar L
I can't wait to DDoS your fridge, then call you up (over VoIP) and ask you if your fridge is running.
IPv6 adoption, I predict, will increase markedly in The Year of the Linux Desktop.
10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10
Don't worry! You see, by using IPv6 you can guarantee that no normal host on the Internet is ever going to be capable of reaching it! :)
The World Wide Web is dying. Soon, we shall have only the Internet.
You know the most hilarious part of all this? We're currently running a protocol that the designers had NO intent of scaling. So then some of the SAME designers have turned around and come up with a scalable address scheme and protocol and NO ONE wants to use it - except for the Chinese. You know they have over a billion people over there? All of em - even the dirt farmers - seem to have a freakin computer that wants to hack my bank account!