> You are right, IPV6 isn't 48 bits; it's 128 bits. Tannenbaum writes that if the IPv6 addresses are spread over the entire surface of the earth, even if they are unevenly spaced the most remote places would still have something like a trillion addresses per square meter. Not likely to run out any time soon. Gary Siegmund Marconi ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.