{"id":68388,"date":"2013-01-14T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=68388"},"modified":"2013-01-14T10:02:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T08:02:18","slug":"iburst-going-ipv6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wireless\/68388-iburst-going-ipv6.html","title":{"rendered":"iBurst going IPv6"},"content":{"rendered":"

iBurst<\/a> has successfully completed testing of IPv6 on its network (access, transmission, peering and transit), and will start enabling the packet gateways to use dual stack IPv4 and IPv6 from this week. The change will start in Gauteng, then Kwazulu-Natal and finally Western Cape.<\/p>\n

iBurst\u2019s Ronald Bartels<\/a> explains that, after enabling IPv6 on its network, an iBurst subscriber with newer operating systems like Windows<\/a> 8 or Windows 7 will receive both an IPv6 and IPv4 address.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe operating system will try to reach a resource on IPv6 first and then fall back to IPv4 if not available on IPv6. As content sites move to IPv6 subscribers will automatically migrate,\u201d explained Bartels.<\/p>\n

Bartels added that anyone wishing to experience and experiment with IPv6 will be able to do so using an iBurst connection.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can also provide IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels. This will allow a person to buy an IPv6 kit that will allow then to use IPv6 from iBurst while obtaining legacy IPv4 from any ISP or mobile operator that hasn\u2019t yet updated their technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

The biggest advantage of IPv6 is the larger number of available IP addresses, and here iBurst is also benefiting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have billions of IPv6 addresses but less than half a million IPv4 addresses. It will reduce our reliance on IPv4,\u201d said Bartels.<\/p>\n

Bartels further highlighted that the IPv6 move will allow iBurst to establish a relationship with subscribers who are interested in IPv6 and who are the leaders in new technology adoption.<\/p>\n

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IPv4 versus IPv6 (Source: Electronic Design<\/a>)<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Feature<\/strong><\/td>\nIPv4<\/strong><\/td>\nIPv6<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Address<\/strong><\/td>\n32 bits (4 bytes)12:34:56:78<\/td>\n128 bits (16 bytes)1234:5678:9abc:def0:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packet size<\/strong><\/td>\n576 bytes required, fragmentation optional<\/td>\n1280 bytes required without fragmentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packet fragmentation<\/strong><\/td>\nRouters and sending hosts<\/td>\nSending hosts only<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packet header<\/strong><\/td>\nDoes not identify packet flow for QoS handling<\/td>\nContains Flow Label field that specifies packet flow for QoS handling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Includes a checksum<\/td>\nDoes not include a checksum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Includes optionsup to 40 bytes<\/td>\nExtension headers used for optional data<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DNS records<\/strong><\/td>\nAddress (A) records,maps host names<\/td>\nAddress (AAAA) records,maps host names<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pointer (PTR) records,IN-ADDR.ARPA DNS domain<\/td>\nPointer (PTR) records,IP6.ARPA DNS domain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Address configuration<\/strong><\/td>\nManual or via DHCP<\/td>\nStateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC) using Internet Control Message Protocol version 6 (ICMPv6) or DHCPv6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IP to MAC resolution<\/strong><\/td>\nbroadcast ARP<\/td>\nMulticast Neighbor Solicitation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Local subnet group management<\/strong><\/td>\nInternet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)<\/td>\nMulticast Listener Discovery (MLD)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Broadcast<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multicast<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IPSec<\/strong><\/td>\noptional, external<\/td>\nrequired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More IPv6 articles<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cShocking\u201d IPv6 revelation in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

World IPv6 launch day gets ISPA support<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

World IPv6 day welcomed by SA stakeholders<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

IPv6 Day: MyBroadband joins in<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

IPv4 IP addresses now finished and klaar<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

iBurst has successfully completed testing of IPv6 on its network, and will start to go live with it this week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":34918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[35,683,769,771,17754],"class_list":["post-68388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wireless","tag-headline","tag-iburst","tag-ipv4","tag-ipv6","tag-ronald-bartels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68402,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68388\/revisions\/68402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}