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IPv5 was an experimental network used for streaming video and audio. It was supposed to overlay onto IPv4 but it never left development.
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Originally posted by TexasTechnician:
Just out of curiosity, why can't something be designed to use MAC (Physical) addresses? It appears to me as though there are enough of them that allows precise determination of a particular device on the net. There is no hierarchy with MAC addresses and therefore no way to route them. There is nothing in a MAC address to tie it to a particular network, and no way for an ISP to assign MAC addresses dynamically. For the average person IPv6 is a non issue. It isn't like the HDTV broadcasting where one system is completely turned off. You won't have to start using IPv6 for your home networking anytime soon.
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To answer Lightninghorse's question; it's a massive pain in the ass. :-)
Happily, Clinton and hawk82 are right; several other solutions are keeping it from being less than a 1 year issue, and probably 2.
TexasTech: the reason we don't do that is that they're not *grouped*, which makes routing nearly impossible...
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They just need to bit the bullet as it were and put IPv6 into full use.
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