It argues there now are financial reasons to adopt the next-generation Internet standard. And Google itself could profit from the more democratized network. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

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 ...

At last, a small set of unicast addresses have been defined for special use. They do not carry a scope, so they are discussed independently of the other unicast addresses. Two basic addresses carry ...

Malaysians leap to IPv6 ensures an endless supply of IP addresses, vital for connecting an ever-growing number of devices.

Today, the last current-generation Internet addresses were divvied up at the highest level. Here's a look at what happens next in rebuilding the Net with the newer IPv6. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

I love a car with a nice V6 under the bonnet... Good for you, but IPv6 has nothing to do with cars. It actually stands for Internet Protocol version 6, the name for the next-generation IP addressing ...

The slow move to IPv6 has crept past another milestone, with the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) stating on Monday that the pool of unassigned IPv4 addresses have been allocated. "As a result, we ...

What happens when a web site enables IPv6 access in addition to IPv4 access? Not talking here about the technical steps (configuring IPv6 in the kernel, adding a AAAA ...

Check out Denise Donohue’s blog. More Cisco Press book chapters from new and classic Cisco Press books. Of these, many capabilities have been backported to IPv4. The primary adoption of IPv6 will be ...

Editor’s note: An editing error mischaracterized how to test IPv6 capability from a network. We have removed that reference, and we regret the error. The Internet ...

Although IPv6 adoption seems to be moving at a snail’s pace, there’s no outrunning it. Brien Posey demystifies some of the addressing issues many admins are still trying to figure out. [Editor’s note: ...