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Re: [LUG] IPv6

 

On 22/01/12 18:06, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:03:38 +0000 (GMT)
> Gordon Henderson wrote:
> 
>> My suspicion is that when the squeeze comes and the end-user ISPs can 
>> no-longer get IP addresses that they might start to look to "carrier
>> grade NAT" - so the IP address your router will get will be a
>> private/RFC1918 IP address and not a globally routable one. The
>> mobile networks already do this - unless you pay a premium.
>>
>> Gordon
> 
> Yup, they do. For the most part I feel it works "ok", but it can be a
> bit frustrating at times.
> 
> Grant.
> 
As the original poster on this thread I can see from the later replies
that there is a lot more to this than I realised. And, of course, people
for and against it all.

I think that we are going to be living in interesting times. Still, for
the time being, I shall just sit on the sidelines and see what occurs.

Neil

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