You may very well have machines you use daily, connecting over IPv6 and you do not even know it. Did you read my link? About 70% of Verizone wireless clients now use IPv6, about half of AT&T. All new clients (cell phones, pads, whatever) use IPv6 by default, and some do bypass ISPs NATs with tunnels. Providers offering IPTV are moving to IPv6, new upstart providers offer IPv6 (because buying IPv4 is extra cost with little gain), old ISPs are in various stages of transitions... at what point should Amiga users start to worry?
as someone expert in the field, you're the perfect guy to help me understand this issue. both of my blackberrys (which are verizon wireless phones here in the US) connect via IPv6. and my router connection to my ISP (via a cable modem) is also via IPv6. but i have been able to connect to both as access points for my amigas -- and both provide IPv4 services to them.
so... is the issue that at some point internet service providers will not allow IPv4-connected devices to IPv4-to-IPv6 bridges (like my phones and home router)? what will change from the current scenario where i have a local network (with my amigas) running on IPv4, connecting to some router (either my phone or cable modem) which connects downstream to the ISP over IPv6?
what am i missing here?
-- eliyahu
