Thoughts on whether to include IPv6 address dialogs   

I have seen suggested on MSDN that IPv6 address dialogs are not needed 
because users would rarely need to manually specify an IPv6 address. 
Especially since IPv6 has improved features such as stateless 
autoconfiguration.  However, I suspect that there will still be times when 
the user will desparately need to enter a manual IPv6 address, such as when 
the DHCP server is not working, or the address is not yet propagated through 
DHCP, or testing and troubleshooting of the network environment, etc.  So 
when building applications should the application include an IPv6 address 
dialog or just skip this?

I can't seem to decide.  After all, as an example, users don't have a dialog 
to change their network card MAC address.  But, on the other hand, in those 
rare times when the user must specify a manual address they will have a hard 
time without a dialog.

date: Sat, 3 May 2008 19:09:08 -0700   author:   fpbear ere