IPv6 is coming!
[Hope I've posted this in the right forum]
IPv6 will be coming in a few years, and I read in a recent article that Microsoft has already linked all their offices with it. This latest version of IP will extend the current 32-bit addresses to 128-bit addresses.
Since the Internet began in the US, most of the current (IPv4) addresses are owned by US organizations and companies. In fact, Virginia Tech, an engineering college, owns most of the Class B addresses.
As the Internet expands into Asia, along with wireless technology, IPv6 will become more prevalent. There are hubs and routers for VPNs available today that can convert data travelling from IPv6 to IPv4 and vice-versa.
This is definitely a trend to watch, because some experts have been predicting an IP address shortage within the next 5 years or so. So make your servers compatible now!
mairving posted this at 21:53 — 31st October 2003.
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IPv6 has been coming for years and it is still not here. The main problem is that in America there is not a shortage of IP addresses like there is in other parts of the world so it is not being pushed as much here. Eventually it will get here but no one really knows how soon.
Mark Irving
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rtroxel posted this at 22:35 — 31st October 2003.
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Actually, an experimental version of IPv6 comes with Windows XP.
Says Microsoft:
druagord posted this at 14:18 — 3rd November 2003.
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Before IPv6 becomes the internet addressing protocol ISP's will have to convert there equipement. all routers on the internet are not ready yet. Same goes with multicasting a protocol allowing the send streams like music or video only once and to get many viewer to connect to that stream the concept works at least since the mid 90's but lots of old router on the www make it unusable outside a LAN.
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