Is converting to IPv6 worth it?

[J-SiN]

How long do you think that will happen?

[MadCat]

Originally Posted by J-SiN

How long do you think that will happen?

No idea to be honest, the problem is that while it's gotten relatively easy to get yourself an IPv6 allocation, finding someone who's willing to route it for you isn't. Most big players are still looking at IPv6 and basically going "not worth it" due to the effort required to convert.

On top of that right now you do get a lot of IPv6-over-IPv4 tunneling, and for IPv6 to really take off, that needs to turn into IPv4-over-IPv6. Given the amount of work that takes to convert an entire network, I don't see it happening any time really soon.

Besides that the IPv4 "shortage" isn't as big as many people make it out to be, there's still enough IP space available, and most registrars that deal in handing out chunks of it have tightened up their rules.

I figure we'll see IPv6 in 5 years or so, maybe longer