[norenh]

> NAT was a necessity when it was being introduced, so I don't understand the complaints. Sure it's annoying, but what was the alternative?

IPv6

[crazygringo]

Nope. IPv6 still isn't supported everywhere.

When you're running out of addresses, you need a workable solution at the moment.

Not something that requires all networking equipment worldwide to be replaced with a new standard all at once, with is a practical impossibility.

[BenjiWiebe]

It doesn't have to be replaced all at once. Most of it already has been replaced.

[fiddlerwoaroof]

IPv6 would have been great if it was just bigger addresses but the actual system we got suffers heavily from the second-system effect.