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>> And, for the 17th time, you *are* aware that I'm talking about earlier
>> _computer_ network technologies, right?
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> It's all telecommunications, which is what I think Darren is saying.
And what I'm saying is that it just seems that whenever somebody sat
down and designed a system for making computers talk to each other, they
invisiged a LAN with a quite limited number of nodes.
> IP address blocks are managed by IANA - a single organisation. IANA does
> delegate some administrative tasks, but overall they handle the larger
> picture.
That's roughly what I figured.
>> BTW, how come nobody uses that yet? And does it replace just the IP
>> layer, or the entire protocol stack?
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> Some people do use it. IPv6 runs at the same OSI level as IPv4, so yes,
> it's a direct replacement.
I mean, for example, does TCP work differently with IPv6, or is it the
exact same protocol just running over a different carrier?
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