> When I asked a colleague(who has been working in it for 20+ years) what it > was used for he explained, basically with nat it is pointless as was said > before we cant or are unlikely to run out of ip addresses using IPv4.
Actually, that's not true... various world-renowned experts in the field predict that we will exhaust the available IP addresses sometime in 2010. Several sources I've found give this as the year of IP meltdown... everyone, put on your foil hats now :\ Pete -- 'In letters of gold, on a snow-white kite, I will write "I Love You!" And send it soaring high above you, for all to read!' RIP Billy M 1957-1997 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
