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## How a user sees IPv6
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The answer should be: *they don't*. In an ideal world, users would never
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need to be aware of the lower layers of the protocol stack, and they
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certainly should never have to see a hexadecimal number, or even be
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aware that they are using IPv6. The goal of a network designer or
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operator should be to make this true.
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However, it's unlikely that this will always succeed. It's likely that
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if a user ever does see something specific to IPv6, it's probably at the
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worst possible time: when there is a fault or a system configuration
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issue. That is exactly when the user is either reading on-line help
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information, or in contact with a help desk. It is therefore recommended
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to review any documentation you provide to users or to help desk staff
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to make sure that when IPv6 is mentioned, the information is complete,
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correct and up to date. It's also important that configuration tools are
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designed to avoid or minimize any need for users to enter IPv6 addresses
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by hand.
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P.S. In case you're wondering whether you can in fact use IPv6 right now,
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try https://ipv6test.google.com/.
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GitHub, where this book is hosted, supports IPv6 for many things, but not everything.
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### [<ins>Previous</ins>](How%20to%20use%20this%20book.md) [<ins>Next</ins>](How%20an%20application%20programmer%20sees%20IPv6.md) [<ins>Chapter Contents</ins>](1.%20Introduction%20and%20Foreword.md)
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