What happens when you ditch IPv4 and rely solely on IPv6 for a day? Nothing good.

IPv6 Benefits IPv6 benefits will include a level of security baked into the protocol. IPv4 was designed for an “age of innocence” with a small Internet population.

IPv4 is running out of steam and companies are finally starting to switch to IPv6. So what is the difference between the two and why should you be using IPv6.

IPv6 addresses are denoted by eight groups of hexadecimal quartets separated by colons in between them. IPv6 networks themselves use Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) notation.

IPv6 is an evolution of IP, not a revolution In this sense, if you are familiar with IPv4, you will, for the most part, feel comfortable with IPv6. The IETF simply added more resources to the protocol ...

Already, recently produced routers support IPv6. Windows XP, Vista, 7, and upcoming Windows 8, as well as major Linux distributions including Red Hat and Ubuntu, are IPv6-ready.

Here’s more on what you need to know about IPv6. What is IPv6? Internet Protocol Version 6 is a network protocol that will succeed IPv4, the protocol widely in use today.

It is hard to imagine ever running out of IPv6 addresses, with more than 4 billion times as many addresses available. This change will also simplify some of the functions of routers, because many of ...

Proponents of IPv6 have made dire predictions about the fate of the Internet if usage of IPv6 doesn't rise dramatically in the next few years ...

IPv6 is not an objective; it’s a potential solution to a problem. So the very first question to ask is, “What’s the problem I’m trying to solve?” The problem might be a dearth of ...

The feds have led the way to IPv6 — and its benefits The U.S. government saw the potential of IPv6 early, culminating in the August 2005 mandate that all agencies convert to it by June 30, 2008.