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To   : Dan Clough
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Fri May 30 2025 03:44 pm

Hello Dan,

On Friday May 30 2025 08:05, you wrote to me:

MvV>> IPv4 will not keep "working just fine".

DC> Is that like Al Gore saying the world would end "soon" due to "global
DC> warming" about 25 years ago?

Irrelevant for the issue at hand.

MvV>> In fact for many in the world it already has stopped "working just
MvV>> fine" after their ISP put their IPv4 behind CGNAT.

DC> Yeah, well, I can't worry about (or fix) all the world's problems.
DC> Many people go to sleep hungry every night too.  That sucks, but I
DC> can't fix that,

But contrary to all these other problems, this is something you CAN do something about. You CAN upgrade your system to support IPv6. You may perceive it as not needed and you may be lucky and indeed not need it any time soon. IPv4 exhaustion may not be as big a problem in your neck of the woods as it is here. In the beginning your part of the world got a lot of IPv4. More than a fair share. So be it. But what happened to hat pioneer spirit that once made Fidonet great? Fidonet sysops were always eager to try out new technology. so what is stopping you from giving IPv6 a try? It isn't really hard once you get the hang of it. Why not give it a try? Just for the fun of it?

You are welcome to join the IPv6 echo where you can get all the help you need from the IPv6 gurus in Fidonet.


Cheers, Michiel

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