IPv7 when?

>>56564424
Never. IPv6 afraid of 7, because 7 8 9.

>>56564424
But what about IPv5?

>>56564730
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Stream_Protocol

>>56564424
Ipv6 addresses arent even human readable. I can only imagine what a nightmare it's been for network engineers.

>>56564812
who cares about human readability, when you can have Internet of Things(R) and connect your refrigerator to the Internet :^)

>>56564844
At least there are many more ipv6 addresses now ;^)))

>>56564844
It's literal botnet, don't use it

>>56564812
>Ipv6 addresses arent even human readable
Neither are IPv4 addresses, that's why dot notation was invented and why IPv6 has an abbreviated form.

Also, hostnames still exist and HIP exists.

>>56564911
Ipv4 address are easy to use and remeber, just numbers seperated by dots verses numbers and letters separated by colons and wrapped in brackets. Couldn't they have just added a few more decimal places instead?

>>56564424
>IPv7

LAIN?

>>56565035
If you wanted to write an IPv6 address in "traditional" dot notation, you would need 16 numbers. IPv6 notation is a helluva lot easier to remember because you can omit the network prefix and only use the host local address.

For example, localhost loopback address is ::1.

>>56564864
>tfw fridge has a botnet

>>56565035
sure, but keep in mind ipv4 uses 32bit addresses, while ipv6 uses 128bit addresses, that's four times the length
so an ipv6 address in the same format would be really long, like;
72.3.12.43.32.111.22.1.212.93.91.90.102.23.3.122
using hexidecimal makes it more dense, which ensures they don't get too long

>>56565075
>tfw "the botnet wants me to starve" meme is getting real

>>56565077
>using hexidecimal makes it more dense, which ensures they don't get too long
And easier to remember

>>56565089
idk about you, but i can't remember arbitrary ipv4 addresses either, so it makes no difference to me in that respect

>>56564812
If only there was a way of assigning names to IP addresses. You could even segregate different concerns into a hierarchy of "domains" and attach the names to such a service. I'd call it Do Not Switch technology or DNS.

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>>56565081
>fridge uses non free software.
>wont open until you accept the terms and conditions
>camera in the inside will tell advertisers when you're out of milk and what brand you like the most
>fridge stops working if the internet goes out since it can't fetch the temperature it should cold the different compartments
>Facebook notification when a product hits the expiration date

>>56565054
You're a big protocol

>>56564864
Starcraft. Literal botnet.

>>56564812
>>56564844
>>56564911
>>56565077
>any year after 1996
>not representing IPv6 in base 85
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1924

>>56565077
This + truncation

>>56564812
Do us a favor and never act like you know about something that you don't know anything about