[staringback]

> It adds unnecessary overhead to small packets

Are you forgetting that NAT exists? IPv4 is barely functional based on how many workarounds we've had to implement over the years

[autokad]

NAT means we can work with IPv4 already and makes IPv6 moot. you just supported my argument.

Honestly, all they had to do was add alpha characters. Just doing so would have gave us more IP addresses than we ever needed while keeping it human readable.

[chungy]

IPv6 standard notation already uses alpha characters. Some notations of IPv4 use them too.

"Just adding characters" isn't a solution on its own. IPv4 is 32-bit addresses, IPv6 is 128-bit addresses. That's all there is to that.

[icehawk]

Source and destination IP addresses are 32 bit fields in an IP packet.

Where do you propose they put these alpha characters?

[Minor49er]

I change my default gateway from 192.168.0.1 to C0.A8.00.01. Is the problem fixed yet?

[c22]

So use onion routing.

[autokad]

you are missing the forest from the trees. the point is, simpler solutions were available.

[c22]

I'd argue it's you who are focused on trees. Use DNS if you prefer.