Having letters in IPv6 feels wrong, at that point why not just have words, reinvent DNS at a lower level. You are already living on Cherry Picked Street, number 15, let your computer have the IP `cherry.picked.15.1`.
Having letters in IPv6 feels wrong, at that point why not just have words, reinvent DNS at a lower level. You are already living on Cherry Picked Street, number 15, let your computer have the IP `cherry.picked.15.1`.
Nobody is going to start saying IPv4 addresses as hex, people aren't used to base 16. "Just set your gateway to co.a8.0.fe" said nobody ever.
A 128-bit dotted quad would be equally unwieldy. Again "The IPv6 local range is 252.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000/7" said nobody ever.
Honestly 128 bits was too much. They should have just done 64 and stuck to dotted quad and ARP. That would probably have got more acceptance than what we have now.
This feels familiar somehow...
[1] "What’s wrong with what3words?", Chapter 3, "offends.people.easily", covers it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqK0ciE0rto