[ale] V6 question

[Geoffrey Myers]

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> NAT was designed fundamentally as a way to multiply one IP into multiple.
> 
> That is not needed with IPv6 because you can have an IP for every hair
> on your head.

Don't know where I read it, but I read that ipv6 will provide enough ip 
addresses such that you could have one ip for every square inch of the 
earth.  So, I assume you mean each of us would have enough IPs for every 
hair on each of our heads. According to google, the average person has 
'100.000-150.000, some estimates going up to 200.000' hairs.  On the 
other hand, there are 1.96 x 1017 square inches on the earth. ;)

So, anyone know how many ip addresses ipv6 will provide?

> 
> So when you get a IPv6 connection, they just give you a few billion
> IPs to go with it.
> 
> Not sure about DHCP.
> 
> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Jim Lynch
> <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
>> I'm truly sorry to have missed the talks on IPV6.  So how is it going to
>> replace NAT?  I assume all the systems I have behind my router will have
>> IPV6 addresses.  Is that correct?  Is DHCP going away? So is the port
>> the ISP furnishes me going to be just a connection to the wan without a
>> IP address?  I'm confused.
>>
>> Jim.
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