Ready for June 8th?

brian

brian

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Thought I would get a thread going about IPv6. For those that don't know, IPv6 is the next version of the Internet protocol. Since we have recently run out of IPv4 address to hand out, we need a system that allows for more address spaces. IPv6 will allocate 2^128 addresses, or 5*10^28 addresses per person on the planet earth.

Going back to the title, on June 8, 2011 large companies such as Google, Facebook, Cisco, Yahoo and many more will fully switch over to IPv6 for a day in order to test drive the system.

Whats your take on IPv6?

To be honest I don't know how excited I am for this. Although it is going to be nice to have a static address, I don't want to have to remember a 36 hexadecimal address for my server at home.
 
My ISP at home, Internode, has started IPv6 trials for home users if they have supprting hardware.

I have a static IP at home, IPv4 though. I think I'll be needing a new modem to use IPv6, but I needed to get a new one anyway.

I'm wondering if my onboard LAN can support IPv6 though.
 
1337dingo said:
yea thats why i wanna know im im not in that 9/10th's
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On that day nothing should happen, however it is test day so who knows what IPv6 will do on a large scale. As of now most users do not need to worry about the change, it should be provided by the ISP and its the software that will mostly need to be upgraded. As of now Windows vista+ has native IPv6 support and XP SP3 I believe also has support. The idea has been around for awhile and is slowly being developed so they have had time.
 
This is been in the works since 2005 i believe or sooner. This was thought in my hardware class in college about all the ups and downs. Something i believe UK is already using, not 100% sure as its been 6 years lol
 
linkin said:
My ISP at home, Internode, has started IPv6 trials for home users if they have supprting hardware.

I have a static IP at home, IPv4 though. I think I'll be needing a new modem to use IPv6, but I needed to get a new one anyway.

I'm wondering if my onboard LAN can support IPv6 though.
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I'll bet it can, my 5 year old onboard LAN supports it. Heck, I think my 10 year old card supports it...Does it depend all on the hardware or is there a mix of software involved?
 
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