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Why do we need IPv6
Running out of IPv4 address space
Future address space intensive applications
- Smart dust
- Automotive subsystems
For the forseeable future we will be running both IPv6 and IPv4
- Transition is a myth – there are still DECnet boxes out there
- People with IPv4 are happy enough and see no reason to change
- Some devices will never be IPv6 capable