World IPv6 day - are you ready?

[PsyWulf]

http://test-ipv6.com/

On the 8 June, it’ll be World IPv6 Day – a coordinated effort by major services on the internet, including Google and Facebook, to provide their services using the new version of the Internet Protocol. It’s part of the plans to cope with internet addresses ‘running out'. But just what is IPv6 - and what does it mean for most users?

At its most simple, IPv6 is the successor to IPv4 which has become the de facto standard for both local and global connectivity. It includes many extra features, including processing speed-ups, and enhancements to security and to quality of service, but the one that’s really driving the need to change is that there are many more internet addresses available with IPv6.

Read the rest at http://www.reghardware.com/2011/05/10/wtf_is_ipv6/

 

[ADRAM3L3CH]

Configuring IP addresses with V6 is gonna ba a real pain!

 

[Wyzak]

Yep its going to be a serious pain. In my opinion they completely overdid it by going from 32bits to 128, they should have just gone to 40bits and added an additional 255. 255x the number of available addresses would have solved all the issues for the foreseeable future and considerably reduced the effort for all IT staff members.

 

[PsyWulf]

I'm guessing the idea is to have addresses available for all devices worldwide without NATting anything

 

[Ianf1]

Good link, now it says I must get the dns server onto IPv6. Does this mean the ISP (I use afrihost) need to do this?

 

[PsyWulf]

Indeed,think SA is a bit behind on IPv6 Prep

 

[fstcli001]

I'm guessing the idea is to have addresses available for all devices worldwide without NATting anything

That is one of the benefits, I have an IPv6 network at work, we are using it to test 6LowPAN. The more I get into IPv6 the more it gives me the feeling some smart people have put lots of thought into the standard. There is going to be a bit to learn for technical people who want to understand what is going on. For most people it should make the internet faster, more secure and deal with fast moving mobile devices better.

 

[6ghost]

wonder how Calculating subnets on ipv6 going to be, no ways can it be done manually without a calculator/application

 

[ambo]

10/10 for your IPv4 stability and readiness, when publishers offer both IPv4 and IPv6
10/10 for your IPv6 stability and readiness, when publishers are forced to go IPv6 only

 

[K@kkArlak]

Probably going to take a while to remember all the servers' IP addresses I know now, with 6 :/

 

[dadiggle]

Most PCs are dual stacked its thee network in between not all supporting it. If your on Windows 7 its enabled by default so theres not much to get ready about.