[sidewndr46]

should we try going back to IPX ?

[MisterTea]

IPX/SPX is datagram only. BUT it would be an opportunity to build a QUIC-like that runs over it :-)

[reincarnate0x14]

Comically IPv6 now has almost all the neat stuff IPX did. There probably is an argument for more datagram centric networking these days as the underlying services are generally much faster and more reliable and there is so much more session tracking going on at higher application layers anyway.

[colechristensen]

I've used IPX exactly once in my life, playing Diablo over modems calling my dorm neighbor to establish the connection (in 2005).

[MikeNotThePope]

Only if we're bringing back Token Ring, too.

[synalx]

That might be challenging, I hear people are pretty short on tokens these days.

[MikeNotThePope]

There's only one token! It's just very popular.

[sidewndr46]

While we're at what about older physical layers? Coaxial based stuff seems cool in 2026

[jonhohle]

Isn’t that what MoCa is for?

[rayiner]

Isn’t twinax just “I heard you like coax so I put coax in your coax.”

[sidewndr46]

twinax I think is used more like a balanced line with shielding. Twisted pair is preferred because it is cheaper, but for short stuff like SATA the cost difference is so low it might as well be used

[riddlemethat]

If it’s not 10BaseT I can’t see small spread adoption.

[bluGill]

Arcnet for me.

[TabTwo]

I remember removing the IPX route entries from our Cat65 MSFC back in 2006 and from the ATM/Framerelay WAN Equipment. Wasn't very popular with the customers.

I also remember the first IPv6 Workshop on W2k SP3 back in 2002. Not that long ago.