2016-10-02, 11:26 PM
Eos Wrote:Because a single IP address can serve an unlimited number of different hosts. The server running Southperry has about 15 of my sites on it, all with the same IP address, so how would your browser know which one you were trying to get to if you just gave it the IP? If you're going to go full telephone+extension you need to consider that while an IP4 address is four up to three digit numbers, an IPv6 address looks more like 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334 and if the reason why your premise is broken isn't apparent yet there is no helping you.
1) IPv6 is still not fully supported
2) even if by some miracle it finally is, we could switch it over that all the stupid "internet of things" devices take the IPv6 space, and have actual servers into the IPv4 space.