On 03/11/2012 07:44, Randy wrote:
Veering off this topic's course, Is there any issue with addresses like this ? 2001:470:1f00:1aa:abad:babe:8:beef < I have a bunch of these type 'addresses' configured for my various machines.
I make it a point to come up with some sort of 'hex' speak address, what are peoples opinions on this?
Why bother? DNS supports all 26 characters ;-) Its cute... but it tends to only be useful in fairly small deployments. You quickly run out of nice combinations. I prefer to choose addresses that allow for the most consecutive zeros. Many UIs I've used display IPv6 address strings in very un-useful ways as they approach the allowable length of 39 characters. Many require you to resize your viewing window/column/etc to see the full address and some simply truncate the string and refuse to show you the host ID portion. -- Graham Beneke