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by viraptor 2141 days ago
These are valid questions regarding complexity, but I also think you're ignoring the complexity of v4. Here are v4 questions for home modems/routers you're just used to: What's bridged mode? What's upnp? What's dmz? What are static IP assignments, wasn't dhcp supposed to manage IP addresses? What's port forwarding? Should I enable "telephony support" and "legacy game support"? What's SIP-ALG?

In both cases for residential use: you're most likely ok with the defaults. And if you want to change something, you have to learn about the tech.
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mehrdadn 2141 days ago
I'm not ignoring the complexity of v4. I'm responding to "What complexity?"

But even if I was, "it only doubles the complexity" is not exactly a compelling response to "why should I switch to IPv6?"

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viraptor 2141 days ago
It doesn't double the complexity. Most of the questions above don't exist in ipv4. My point is that it's different complexity, not more complexity.

And for basic usage people can ignore that the same way they ignore it now.

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mehrdadn 2141 days ago
I meant "doubling" the complexity as in IPv6 + IPv4 vs. just IPv4.

If your argument is users can ignore IPv6 complexities as they already do with IPv4, then you've just established the IPv4 complexities can be disregarded by the user... which means you just destroyed your own argument...

I'm not interested in endless debates here though; I feel like I've made my point sufficiently well. If this is an attempt to change my view on the matter I think you're misunderstanding the purpose of the discussion.

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