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If you are using Internet or almost any computer network you will likely using IPv4 packets. IPv4 uses 32-bit source and destination address fields. We are actually running out of addresses but have ...

The co-authors of Global IPv6 Strategies were the guests for a live Network World chat where they discussed all things IPv6. Bechtel’s Fred Wettling, ArchRock’s Patrick Grossetete, and Cisco’s Ciprian ...

IPv4 is quickly running out of addresses, and organizations need to begin preparing for IPv6 implementation. What steps should they take, and what do they need to consider? See Also: Fighting ...

The writing’s on the wall about the short supply of IPv4 addresses, and IPv6 has been around since 1999. Then why does the new protocol still make up just a fraction of the Internet? Though IPv6 is ...

Vendors and government agencies are pushing the use of Internet Protocol Version 6 as the number of addresses available in IPv4 diminishes, and researchers find that network administrators are ...

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 During the past six months, the Internet engineering ...

It's been a quarter of a century since the first IPv6 standard was finalized as RFC 2460, and to say adoption has been slow is an understatement. The pool of available IPv4 addresses has been ...

Well sure, if you think the Internet Engineering Task Force is worthy of respect merely for having engineered the Internet by establishing the standards for every important protocol used on the ...