>> And, for the 17th time, you *are* aware that I'm talking about earlier
>> _computer_ network technologies, right?
> 
> 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?
> 
> 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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