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by StreamBright 1768 days ago
IPv6 is trying to do too much in my opinion. This is partially why adoption is slower than it could be.
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in what way?

IPV6 is in many ways a simpeler protocol then IPv4. for instance, it has a significantly simpeler header then IPv4, it does not duplicate the broadcast behaviour of ethernet but relies on multicast instead.

Some parts of IPv6 are complex (mainly, IPsec) but those are not required to get an operational ipv6 network.

SLAAC & NDP are both significantly more simple then ARP and Automatic addressing under ipv4.